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USS Sidney C. Jones

Built By: Purchased October 7, 1861

Sailed: Unknown

Commissioned: January 29, 1862

Decommissioned: July 15, 1862 - Run aground and destroyed

 

Characteristics

Type: Schooner

Displacement: 254 tons

Length: 98 feet

Beam: 27 feet

Draft: 7 feet 8 inches

Propulsion: Schooner Sail

Armament

1 13-inch Mortar

2 32-pounder guns

 

Battles

Mississippi River Mortar Flotilla

Forts Jackson and St. Philip

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