{|    |}  uss sciota was a  built on behalf of the united states navy for service during the civil war. she was outfitted as a gunboat, with both a 20-pounder rifle for horizontal firing, and two howitzers for shore bombardment, and assigned to the union blockade of the waterways of the confederate states of america. == commissioned in philadelphia in 1861 == the first u.s. navy ship to be so named, uss sciota was one of the "ninety-day gunboats" rushed through construction at the beginning of the civil war, sciota was laid down in the summer of 1861 at philadelphia by jacob birley and j. p. morris and company; launched on 15 october 1861; and commissioned at the philadelphia navy yard on 15 december 1861, lieutenant edward donaldson in command. == civil war servic
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