USRC Naugatuck
USRC E. A. Stevens operating in the Hampton Roads area, Virginia. | |
| History | |
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| → United States | |
| Name | USRC Naugatuck |
| Namesake | An Indian word meaning "one tree" or "fork of the river." |
| Operator | U.S. Revenue-Marine |
| Laid down | 1844 |
| Launched | at New York City in 1844 |
| In service | March 1862 |
| Out of service | 1889 |
| Renamed | USRC E. A. Stevens, 1862 |
| Stricken | 1890 (est.) |
| Nickname(s) | "Hoboken Ironclad" |
| Fate | continued in use as the USRC Naugatuck until sold in 1890 |
| Status | afterwards known as the merchant vessel Argus |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Armored gunboat |
| Type | twin-screw semi-submersible |
| Tonnage | 192 register tons (544 m³) |
| Length | 110 ft (33.5 m) |
| Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
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| Complement | 24 officers and men |
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| Armor | iron-plate belt at gunwale |
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USRC Naugatuck was a twin-screw ironclad experimental steamer operated by the United States Revenue-Marine during the American Civil War. She served the United States Department of the Treasury initially as USRC E. A. Stevens before being renamed Naugatuck, a name she retained until sold in 1890. The Treasury Department loaned her to the United States Navy and thus she was mistakenly referred to in U.S. Navy dispatches during early 1862 as "USS Naugatuck".