USS Katahdin (1893)

History
Name	USS Katahdin
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Launched	4 February 1893
Commissioned	20 February 1897
Decommissioned	8 October 1898
Stricken	9 July 1909
Fate	Sunk as target, September 1909
General characteristics [1]
Type	Steel armored ram
Displacement	2,155 long tons (2,190 t) 2,383 long tons (2,421 t) full load
Length	250 ft 9 in (76.43 m)
Beam	43 ft 5 in (13.23 m)
Draft	15 ft 1 in (4.60 m) (mean)
Propulsion	2 shaft horizontal triple expansion steam engines
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	97
Armament	4 × 6-pounder rifled guns
Armor	Harvey and nickel steel Sides: 6–3 in (152–76 mm) Deck: 6–2 in (152–51 mm) Uptakes: 6 in (150 mm) Conning tower: 18 in (460 mm)

USS Katahdin, a harbor-defense ram of innovative design, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Mount Katahdin, a mountain peak in Maine.