USS Swatara (1865)
Swatara, in 1867 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Swatara |
| Builder | Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| Launched | 23 May 1865 |
| Commissioned | 15 November 1865 |
| Decommissioned | 20 December 1871 |
| Fate | Dismantled and rebuilt as a new ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw sloop |
| Displacement | 1,113 long tons (1,131 t) |
| Length | 216 ft (65.8 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 164 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Swatara was a wooden, screw sloop in the United States Navy. She was named for Swatara Creek in Pennsylvania.
Swatara was launched on 23 May 1865 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Esther Johnson; and commissioned on 15 November 1865, Commander William Nicholson Jeffers in command.