&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Chimo_and_USS_Tonawanda_1864.jpg) USS Chimo and USS Tonawanda. Beyond them is the ex-CSS Stonewall. Circa 1865–66
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Chimo |
| Ordered | April 1863 |
| Builder | Aquila Adams Co. |
| Cost | ~$500,000 |
| Launched | 5 May 1864 |
| Commissioned | 20 January 1865 |
| Decommissioned | 24 June 1865 |
| Fate | Sold, 1874 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Casco-class light-draft monitor |
| Tonnage | 1,175 tons |
| Length | 225 ft |
| Beam | 45 ft |
| Draft | 9 ft |
| Propulsion | Screw steamer |
| Speed | 9 knots |
| Complement | 65 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 1 × 11 in Dahlgren Smoothbore gun, 1 × spar torpedo |
| Armor | Turret 8", pilothouse 10", hull 3", deck 3" |
USS Chimo, a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor, was built by the Aquila Adams company in South Boston, Massachusetts, and launched 5 May 1864, and commissioned 20 January 1865.
Chimo was a Casco-class, light-draft monitor intended for service in the shallow bays, rivers, and inlets of the Confederacy. These warships sacrificed armor plate for a shallow draft and were fitted with a ballast compartment designed to lower them in the water during battle.