USS Wabash (1855)

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Wash drawing in grey tones by Clary Ray, circa 1900, showing USS Wabash under steam and sail
History
United States
Name	USS Wabash
Namesake	A river that rises in Drake County, Ohio, near Fort Recovery.
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard
Laid down	May 16, 1854
Launched	October 24, 1855
Sponsored by	Miss Pennsylvania Grice
Commissioned	August 18, 1856 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recommissioned	October 24, 1871 at Boston, Massachusetts
Decommissioned	April 25, 1874 at the Boston Navy Yard
Stricken	November 15, 1912
Fate	Sold, November 15, 1912 at Boston.
General characteristics
Class and type	Merrimack
Type	Screw frigate[2]
Displacement	4,808 tons
Length	301 ft 6 in (91.90 m)
Beam	51 ft 4 in (15.65 m)
Draft	23 ft (7.0 m)
Propulsion	steam engine, and schooner sail
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement	642[1]
Armament	2 × 10 in (250 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore guns 14 × 8 in (200 mm) 63 hundredweight shell guns 24 × 9 in (230 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore guns 2 × 12 pdr smoothbore guns Jul 1862 8 in (200 mm) Dahlgren guns replaced by 9 in (230 mm) Dahlgren guns[3]
General characteristics 1863
Class and type	none
Armament	1 × 150 pdr rifle 2 × 100 pdr rifle 1 × 10 in (250 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore guns 42 × 9 in (230 mm) Dahlgren guns 1 × 30 pdr rifle 1 × 12 pdr howitzer[4]
General characteristics 1865
Class and type	none
Armament	1 × 150 pdr rifle 1 × 10 in (250 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore guns 42 × 9 in (230 mm) Dahlgren guns 4 × 32 pdr smoothbore guns 1 × 30 pdr rifle[5]

USS Wabash was a steam screw frigate of the United States Navy that served during the American Civil War. She was based on the same plans as Colorado. Post-war she continued to serve her country in European operations and eventually served as a barracks ship in Boston, Massachusetts, and was sold in 1912.