USS Ozark

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Ozark serving in the Mississippi River Squadron in 1864-64

Namesake: Ozark Tribe of the Quapaw Indians

Builder: George C. Bestor

Laid Down: 1862

Launched: 18 February 1863

Commissioned: 18 February 1864

Decommissioned: 24 July 1865

Fate: Sold, 29 November 1865

Characteristics

Tons: 578

Length: 180 ft.

Beam: 50 ft.

Draft: 5 ft.

Installed Power: 4 x boilers

Propulsion: 4 x shafts

2 x 2-cylinder steam engines

Armament

1 x 2 11-inch smoothbore Dahlgren guns

1 x 1 10-inch Dahlgren guns

3 x 1 9-inch Dahlgren guns

Battles

Mississippi River Squadron

Red River Campaign