USS Eutaw was a 1,173 long tons (1,192 t) Sassacus-class "double-ender" steam gunboat built at Baltimore, Maryland by J. J. Abrahams. It was commissioned on 2 July 1863, Lieutenant Commander Homer C. Blake in command.

A lithograph of USS Eutaw
A lithograph of the USS Eutaw
History
United States
NameUSS Eutaw
BuilderJ. J. Abrahams, Baltimore, Maryland
LaunchedFebruary 1863
Commissioned2 July 1863
Decommissioned8 May 1865
FateSold, 15 October 1867
General characteristics
Class and typeSassacus-class gunboat
TypeSteam gunboat
Displacement1,173 long tons (1,192 t)
Length205 ft (62 m)
Beam35 ft (11 m)
Draft8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement135 officers and enlisted
Armament4 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore guns, 2 × 100-pounder rifled guns, 2 × 20-pounder rifled guns

Service history

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Assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, USS Eutaw spent most of the American Civil War operating on the Potomac and James Rivers and along the Atlantic coast. On 4–5 May 1864, she covered the Army as it landed below City Point, Virginia; and on 14 July and 17 July, bombarded the Confederates at Malvern Hill. On 5 July, with Augusta, she towed the ill-fated monitor Tecumseh from Hampton Roads to the Gulf of Mexico, returning to the James River on 22 August.

In 1865, with the war nearly at an end, Eutaw went to New York City on 26 April, where she was decommissioned on 8 May and sold on October 15, 1867.

References

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  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.