 An 1866 drawing of USS Chickasaw
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Milwaukee class |
| Operators |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by | USS Ozark |
| Succeeded by | Marietta class |
| Built | 1863–65 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Scrapped | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | River monitor |
| Displacement | 1,300 long tons (1,300 t) |
| Tons burthen | 970 bm |
| Length | 229 ft (69.8 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft (17.1 m) |
| Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Installed power | 7 × Tubular boilers |
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| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Complement | 138 |
| Armament | 2 × 2 - 11-inch (279 mm) Smoothbore Dahlgren guns |
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The Milwaukee-class monitors were a class of four riverine ironclad monitors built during the American Civil War. Several supported Union forces along the Mississippi River in mid-1864 before participating in the Battle of Mobile Bay in August. Chickasaw and Winnebago bombarded Confederate coastal fortifications during the battle and during subsequent operations as well as engaging the ironclad Tennessee II. The other two ships arrived at Mobile Bay after the battle and all four supported the land attacks on Mobile in March–April 1865. Milwaukee struck a torpedo during this time and sank. The surviving three ships were sold in 1874; Chickasaw was converted into a ferry and survived until 1944 when she was scuttled. Her wreck was discovered in 2004.
- ^ Canney, p. 117