page_title: USS Seneca (1861)
section_title: Commissioned at New York City in 1861
hierarchical_section_title: USS Seneca (1861) / Commissioned at New York City in 1861
caption_attribution_description: English: USS Seneca being built at New York, 1861. Photo # NH 59372
context_page_description: USS Seneca was a Unadilla-class gunboat built on behalf of the United States Navy for service during the American Civil War. Seneca was outfitted with guns for horizontal fire as well as with two howitzers for bombardment of shore targets. With her crew of 84, she was assigned to the Union blockade of the Confederate States of America.
context_section_description: One of the "Ninety-day gunboats", Seneca — the first United States Navy ship to be so named – was built at New York City by Jeremiah Simonson and launched on 27 August 1861. She was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 14 October 1861, Lieutenant Daniel Ammen in command. Her executive officer was John G. Sproston of Maryland.
caption: Seneca under construction
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