USS Jason at New York during the Spanish–American War.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Sangamon |
Builder | Reaney, Son & Archbold |
Laid down | 1862 |
Launched | September 9, 1862 |
Commissioned | February 9, 1863 |
Decommissioned | ca. 1865 |
Recommissioned | May 13, 1898 |
Decommissioned | 1899 |
Renamed | USS Jason, 10 June 1869 |
Fate | Sold April 1904 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Passaic-class ironclad monitor |
Displacement | 1,335 long tons (1,356 t) |
Length | 200 ft (61 m) o/a |
Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
Installed power | 320 ihp (240 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 7 kn (8.1 mph; 13 km/h) |
Complement | 77 |
Armament | 1 × 15 in (380 mm) smoothbore gun, 1 × 11 in (280 mm) Dahlgren gun |
Armor |
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Notes | Armor is iron. |
USS Sangamon was a Passaic-class ironclad monitor constructed for the Union Navy during the second year of the American Civil War where she operated in the waterways of the Confederate States of America. She was later recommissioned and placed into service during the Spanish–American War.