What is USS Benicia (1868)?
{{DISPLAYTITLE:USS ''Benicia'' (1868)}} {|{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=USS Benicia.jpg |Ship caption=USS Benicia }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= |Ship flag={{USN flag|1875}} |Ship name=USS ''Benicia'' |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=18 August 1868 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=1 December 1869 |Ship decommissioned=29 November 1875 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Sold, 3 May 1884 |Ship status= |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=[[Screw sloop]] |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement={{convert|2400|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} |Ship length={{convert|250|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|38|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draft={{convert|18|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion= |Ship speed={{convert|11.5|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement=291 officers and enlisted |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*1 × {{convert|11|in|mm|abbr=on}} smoothbore guns *10 × {{convert|9|in|mm|abbr=on}} smoothbore guns *1 × 60-pounder rifle *2 × 20-pounder breech-loading rifles |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |} '''USS ''Benicia''''' was a screw [[sloop]] in the [[United States Navy]] during the late 19th century. She was named for [[Benicia, California]]. ==History== ''Benicia'' was launched 18 August 1868 by [[Portsmouth Navy Yard]] as ''Algoma''. She was renamed ''Benicia'' on 15 May 1869. It was commissioned 1 December 1869 with Commander S. Nichols