USS Niagara (1855)

History
United States
Name	USS Niagara
Builder	New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
Launched	23 February 1855
Commissioned	6 April 1857
Decommissioned	2 December 1857
Recommissioned	24 February 1858
Decommissioned	17 December 1858
Recommissioned	14 May 1860
Decommissioned	16 June 1862
Recommissioned	14 October 1863
Decommissioned	28 September 1865
Fate	Sold 6 May 1885
General characteristics
Type	Steam frigate
Displacement	5,540 long tons (5,629 t)
Length	328 ft 10 in (100.23 m)
Beam	55 ft 4 in (16.87 m)
Draft	24 ft 5 in (7.44 m)
Propulsion	Sails / Steam engine
Complement	251
Armament	12 × 11 in (280 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore guns

The second USS Niagara was a screw frigate in the United States Navy.

Niagara was launched by New York Navy Yard on 23 February 1855; sponsored by Miss Annie C. O'Donnell; and commissioned on 6 April 1857, with Captain William L. Hudson in command.