USS Wyandotte (1853)
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Western Port / Wyandotte |
| Namesake |
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| Launched | 1853 |
| Acquired | 1858 |
| Commissioned | 27 October 1858 |
| Decommissioned | 28 May 1859 |
| Renamed | USS Wyandotte |
| Recommissioned | 19 September 1859 |
| Decommissioned | 3 June 1865 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 464 tons |
| Propulsion | Steam engine; one screw |
| Speed | 7 knots |
| Armament |
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USS Wyandotte, originally USS Western Port, was a steamer acquired by the Navy as a gunboat for the Paraguay expedition in 1858. When the crisis of the American Civil War occurred, she operated in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.