USS Black Hawk, a side-wheel river steamer, was built in 1848. During most of her service Black Hawk served as flagship for Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter, Captain Alexander Mosely Pennock and Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee, successive commanders of the Mississippi Squadron.
She participated in the Vicksburg campaign of December 1862. This included supporting Union forces at the Battle of Arkansas Post (also known as the Battle of Fort Hindman) on 11 January 1863. She took part in operations off Haines Bluff from 29 April to 2 May.
This model of the USS Black Hawk is a 1/600 scale a side-wheel river steamer. She had 4 × 32-pounder smoothbores, 2 × 30-pounder rifled guns
1 × 12-pounder rifled gun, 1 × 12-pounder smoothbore.
She was 260’ long x 45.5’ in beam, displaced about 920 tons, had a maximum speed of about 8 kts.