The first USS Miami was a side-wheel steamer, double-ender gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Crew of the USS Miami, circa 1864
A 9" Dahlgren smoothbore cannon on the deck of USS Miami (Photograph by Mathew Brady)
Lieutenant Commander Charles W. Flusser, USN, killed in action commanding USS Miami on April 19, 1864
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
Bramble-class gunboat, built for the Royal Navy in 1886
A model of a type of decked "gun yawl" designed by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman and used by the Swedish archipelago fleet
The screw gunboat USS Alliance, circa 1880
Insect-class HMS Ladybird (with larger-calibre guns installed in 1939)