| abstract | - Kickapoo was long overall and had a beam of . The ship had a depth of hold of and a draft of . She had a tonnage of 970 tons burthen and displaced . Her crew numbered 138 officers and enlisted men. The ship was powered by two 2-cylinder horizontal non-condensing steam engines, each driving two propellers, using steam generated by seven tubular boilers. The engines were designed to reach a top speed of . Kickapoo carried of coal. The ship's main armament consisted of four smoothbore, muzzle-loading 11-inch Dahlgren guns mounted in two twin-gun turrets. Her forward turret was designed by James Eads and her rear turret by John Ericsson. Each gun weighed approximately and could fire a shell up to a range of at an elevation of +15°. The cylindrical turrets were protected by eight layers of wrought iron plates. The sides of the hull consisted of three layers of one-inch plates, backed by of pine. The deck was heavily cambered to allow headroom for the crew on such a shallow draft and it consisted of a single iron plate thick. The pilothouse, positioned behind and above the fore turret, was protected by of armor.
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