USS Brilliant (1862)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1862 |
| Acquired | August 13, 1862 |
| Commissioned | October 2, 1862 |
| Decommissioned | circa early 1865 |
| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold, August 17, 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 227 tons |
| Length | 154 ft 8 in (47.14 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
| Draught | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 6 MPH |
| Complement | not known |
| Armament |
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USS Brilliant was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat assigned to patrol Confederate waterways.
Brilliant, a wooden stern-wheel steamer, was built in 1862 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and purchased by the War Department, August 13, 1862, at St. Louis, Missouri and converted to tinclad by Edward Hartt; transferred to the Navy with the Western Flotilla October 1, 1862; and commissioned the following day. Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Charles G. Perkins in command.
After undergoing repairs Brilliant sailed from St. Louis, Missouri, September 25, 1862, to join the Mississippi Squadron at Cairo, Illinois. Throughout the Civil War she operated very actively on the Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi Rivers until August 2, 1865.
