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Name: | USS Shawnee |
Ordered: | Apr 1863 |
Builder: |
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Acquired: | 22 Jul 1865 |
Commissioned: | 18 Aug 1865 |
Decommissioned: | Nov? 1865 |
Fate: | Sold for scrap, 9 September 1875 |
General characteristics | |
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Class and type: | Casco-class monitor |
Displacement: | 1,175 long tons (1,194 t) |
Length: | 225 ft (69 m) |
Beam: | 45 ft (14 m) |
Draft: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Propulsion: | Screw steamer |
Speed: | 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h) |
Complement: | 69 officers and enlisted |
Armament: | 2 × guns of unknown type |
Armor: |
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Name: | USS Wassuc |
Ordered: | April 1863 |
Builder: | George W. Lawrence & Co., Portland, Maine |
Laid down: | June 1863 |
Launched: | 25 July 1865 |
Completed: | 28 October 1865 |
Commissioned: | Never commissioned |
Fate: | Sold for scrap, 9 September 1875 |
General characteristics | |
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Class and type: | Casco-class monitor |
Displacement: | 1,175 long tons (1,194 t) |
Length: | 225 ft (69 m) |
Beam: | 45 ft (14 m) |
Draft: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Propulsion: | Screw steamer |
Speed: | 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h) |
Complement: | 69 officers and enlisted |
Armament: |
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Armor: |
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History | |
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Name: | USS Yazoo |
Ordered: | April 1863 |
Laid down: | March 1863 |
Launched: | 8 May 1865 |
Commissioned: | Never commissioned |
Fate: | Sold for scrap, 5 September 1874 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Casco-class monitor |
Displacement: | 1,175 long tons (1,194 t) |
Length: | 225 ft (69 m) |
Beam: | 45 ft (14 m) |
Draft: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Propulsion: | Screw steamer |
Speed: | 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h) |
Complement: | 80 officers and enlisted |
Armament: | 2 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns |
Armor: |
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Name: USS Shawnee Ordered: Apr 1863 Builder:
- James Tetlow (ironwork)
- Curtis & Tilden (woodwork)
- Built at the Curtis & Tilden yard in Boston, MA
Acquired: 22 Jul 1865 Commissioned: 18 Aug 1865 Decommissioned: Nov? 1865 Fate: Sold for scrap, 9 September 1875 General characteristics Class and type: Casco-class monitor Displacement: 1,175 long tons (1,194 t) Length: 225 ft (69 m) Beam: 45 ft (14 m) Draft: 9 ft (2.7 m) Propulsion: Screw steamer Speed: 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h) Complement: 69 officers and enlisted Armament: 2 × guns of unknown type Armor:
- Turret: 8 in (200 mm)
- Pilothouse: 10 in (250 mm)
- Hull: 3 in (76 mm)
- Deck: 3 in (76 mm)
Name: USS Wassuc Ordered: April 1863 Builder: George W. Lawrence & Co., Portland, Maine Laid down: June 1863 Launched: 25 July 1865 Completed: 28 October 1865 Commissioned: Never commissioned Fate: Sold for scrap, 9 September 1875 General characteristics Class and type: Casco-class monitor Displacement: 1,175 long tons (1,194 t) Length: 225 ft (69 m) Beam: 45 ft (14 m) Draft: 9 ft (2.7 m) Propulsion: Screw steamer Speed: 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h) Complement: 69 officers and enlisted Armament:
- 2 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns
- 1 × 150-pounder Parrott rifle
Armor:
- Turret: 8 in (200 mm)
- Pilothouse: 10 in (250 mm)
- Hull: 3 in (76 mm)
- Deck: 3 in (76 mm)