USRC Naugatuck

USRC E. A. Stevens operating in the Hampton Roads area, Virginia.
History
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Name	USRC Naugatuck
Namesake	An Indian word meaning "one tree" or "fork of the river."
Operator	U.S. Revenue Cutter Service
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 and 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)
Draft	7 ft 8 in (2.3 m) (ballast empty) 9 ft 10 in (3.0 m) (ballast full)
Propulsion	Steam engine twin screw-propelled
Speed	9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) (ballast empty) 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) (ballast full)
Complement	24 officers and men
Armament	1 × 100-pounder Parrott Rifle 2 × 12-pounder howitzers
Armor	iron-plate belt at gunwale

USRC Naugatuck was a twin-screw ironclad experimental steamer operated by the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service during the American Civil War. She served the U.S. Treasury Department as the USRC E.A. Stevens (later Naugatuck), a name she retained until sold in 1890. She was loaned to the Navy by the Treasury Department and thus mistakenly referred to in U.S. Navy dispatches during early 1862 as "USS Naugatuck".^[1][2]