USS Passaconaway (1863)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 1863, as Passaconaway |
| Launched: | Never launched |
| Commissioned: | Never commissioned |
| Renamed: | 15 June 1869, as Thunderer |
| Renamed: | 10 August 1869, as Massachusetts |
| Condemned: | 5 August 1882 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1884 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,660 tons |
| Length: | 345 ft (105 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft 8 in (17.3 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Armament: | 4 × 15 in (381 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore guns |
The USS Passaconaway was a Kalamazoo-class double-turreted monitor, designed by Benjamin F. Delano. Passaconaway was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME in November 1863, but work on her was slow following the end of the American Civil War. She was renamed Thunderer 15 June 1869 and again renamed Massachusetts on 10 August 1869. Designed to be built at U.S. Navy naval yards, which lacked the facilities to construct metal-ribbed vessels, she was built with improperly seasoned timber, and left exposed to the elements. Passaconaway's hull began to rot while still on the stocks and on 5 August 1882 she was condemned under an Act of Congress. She was finally broken up in 1884.
[edit] See also
- See USS Passaconaway for other ships of this name.
- See USS Thunderer for other ships of this name.
- See USS Massachusetts for other ships of this name.
[edit] References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
