Monongahela Class Sloop (1862)

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Two Monongahela class sloops were commissioned for the United States Navy in 1863 and survived into the "New Navy" era.

Overview of two vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Fate
Monongahela Philadelphia NYd Dec 1861 10 Jul, 1862 15 Jan, 1863 Burned 17 Mar, 1908
Shenandoah Philadelphia NYd 1862 8 Dec, 1862 20 Jun, 1863 Sold 30 Jul, 1887

Design & Construction

The Monongahelas were ordered on 30 October, 1861. They were not identical sisters, Monongahela having slightly fuller lines amidships than Shenandoah. Their engines were contracted to Merrick & Sons.[1]

Performance

Unlike many of the warships built during the Civil War, the two Monongahelas had strong, well built hulls. Shenandoah "was reported to handle poorly under sails alone."[2]

Armament

See individual articles.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 68.
  2. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 68.

Bibliography

  • Bauer, K. Jack and Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. New York: Greenwood Press.
  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: Civil War Navies, 1855-1883. New York: Routledge.
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


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