USS Winnipec

History
United States
Name	USS Winnipec
Builder	Harrison Loring, Boston, Massachusetts
Launched	20 August 1864
Completed	1864 at Boston
In service	1865
Out of service	1867
Fate	Sold to Mr. Thomas Clyde on 17 June 1869
General characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	1,030 tons
Length	225 ft 0 in (68.58 m)
Beam	35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
Draft	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) (aft)
Depth of hold	12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Propulsion	steam engine, side-wheel propelled
Armor	iron-hulled,

USS Winnipec was a Mohongo-class gunboat built for the Union Navy during the final days of the American Civil War. There is no indication she was used in the war, but records indicate she was assigned to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, for use as a schoolship. She was eventually sold in 1868.

Built in Massachusetts

Winnipec—a double-ended, iron-hulled, sidewheel gunboat—was built in 1864 at Boston, Massachusetts, by Harrison Loring. The ship was launched on 20 August 1864, but there is no record of her having been commissioned during the American Civil War or any portion of the year 1865.

Training ship for the Academy

Deck logs exist for Winnipec during the period 1 January to 6 October 1866, at which time she was assigned to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, as a practice ship. Winnipec remained so assigned until late in 1867 when she moved to Norfolk, Virginia, for repairs.

Decommissioning

In 1868, Winnipec was placed in ordinary at Norfolk and remained in that status until she was sold to Mr. Thomas Clyde on 17 June 1869.

See also

• Union Blockade

References

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

External links

• Log of the U.S.S. Winnipec, 1865, MS 141 held by Special Collections & Archives, Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy