USS Quaker City

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Wash drawing of USS Quaker City (1861–1865) by Clary Ray, circa 1900.
History
United States
Name	USS Quaker City
Namesake	A former name retained.
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	1854
Acquired	25 April 1861
Commissioned	14 December 1861 at New York City
Decommissioned	18 May 1865 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
Stricken	1865 (est.)
Fate	Sold, 20 June 1865 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Notes	Continued to serve American commerce until 1869
General characteristics
Type	Steamship
Displacement	1,428 long tons (1,451 t) (burden)
Length	244 ft 8 in (74.57 m)
Beam	36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Depth of hold	29 ft 0.5 in (8.852 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine, side wheel-propelled
Speed	13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h)
Complement	163 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 20-pounder Parrott rifle, 8 × 32-pounder guns

USS Quaker City was a heavy, 1,428 long tons (1,451 t) sidewheel steamship leased by the Union Navy at the start of the American Civil War. She was subsequently purchased by the navy, outfitted with a powerful 20-pounder long rifle, and assigned to help enforce the Union blockade of the ports of the Confederate States of America.^[1]