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USS Osage
USS Osage
USS Osage
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USS Osage
Builder: Union Iron Works,
Carondelet, Missouri
Laid Down: 1862
Launched: 13 January 1863
Commissioned: 10 July 1863
Sunk by Mine: 29 March 1865
Raised and Sold: 22 November 1867
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Characteristic
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Neosho-class River Monitor
Tons: 523
Length: 180 ft
Beam: 45 ft
Draft: 4 ft 6 in
Depth of Hold: 9 ft
4 x boilers
Propulsion: 1 x stern wheel
1 x Horizontal Steam Engine
Speed: 12 mph
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Armament
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2 x 11-inch smoothbore Dahlgren guns
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Battles
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Mississippi River Squadron
Red River Campaign
Battle of Blair's Landing
Mobile Campaign
Battle of Spanish Fort
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