USS Monticello (1859)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Monticello.

USS Monticello in an American Civil War-era sketch by Alfred R. Waud
History
Union Navy Jack United States
NameUSS Monticello
NamesakeMonticello
Laid down1859
Acquiredby purchase, 12 September 1861
Decommissioned24 July 1865
Fate
  • Sold into merchant service 1 November 1865
  • Foundered 29 April 1872
General characteristics
TypeSteamer
Displacement655 long tons (666 t)
Length180 ft (55 m)
Beam29 ft (8.8 m)
Draft12 ft 10 in (3.91 m)
Propulsion
Speed11.5 kn (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h)
Armament1 × 9 in (230 mm) gun, 2 × 32-pounder guns

The first USS Monticello was a wooden screw-steamer in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the home of Thomas Jefferson. She was briefly named Star in May 1861.

Monticello was built at Mystic, Connecticut, in 1859; chartered by the Navy in May 1861; and purchased on 12 September 1861 at New York from H. P. Cromwell & Company, for service in the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Captain Henry Eagle in command.

The Monticello was a schooner-rigged, iron braced, wooden screw-steamer built in Greenpoint, NY by the E. F. Williams Ship Building Company in 1859; chartered by the Navy in May 1861; and purchased on 12 September 1861 at New York from the Cromwell Steamship Company, for service in the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Captain Henry Eagle in command. [1][2][3]

  1. ^ "American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping 1862".
  2. ^ "American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping 1862".
  3. ^ "International Maritime Library".