top of page
USS Cricket
USS_Cricket
USS_Cricket
1/1
USS Cricket
Built: Pittsburgh, PA
Purchased: 18 November 1862
Commissioned: 19 January 1863
Decommissioned: 31 May 1864
In Service: 13 August 1864
Out of Service: 30 June 1865
Sold: 17 August 1865
​
Characteristics
​
Displacement: 178 tons
Length: 154 ft 1 in
Beam: 28 ft 2 in
Draft: 4 ft
Propulsion: Steam Engine
Stern Wheel-Propelled
Speed 6 knots
​
Armament
​
6 24-pounder howitzers
​
Battles
​
Guard Duty at Memphis
Argyle Landing
Greenville, MS
Red River Campaign
White River Station
​
bottom of page