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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Keokuk |
| Namesake | City of Keokuk |
| Ordered | March 1862 |
| Builder | Charles W. Whitney, New York City |
| Laid down | 1862 |
| Launched | December 6, 1862 |
| Commissioned | March 1863 |
| Fate | Sunk, April 8, 1863 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Casemate ironclad |
| Displacement | 677 long tons (688 t) |
| Length | 159 ft 6 in (48.62 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Propulsion | Two 250 hp two-cylinder steam engines, 2 screws of 7-foot, 6-inch diameter |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Complement | 92 officers and men |
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| Armor | Alternating horizontal 1 in x 4 in iron bars and yellow pine slats, sheathed with layers of 1/2 in iron plates with a total hull thickness of 5.75 in (146 mm) |
USS Keokuk was an experimental ironclad screw steamer of the United States Navy named for the city of Keokuk, Iowa. She was laid down in New York City by designer Charles W. Whitney at J.S. Underhill Shipbuilders, at the head of 11th Street. She was originally named Moodna (sometimes incorrectly spelled "Woodna"), but was renamed while under construction, launched in December 1862 sponsored by Mrs. C. W. Whitney, wife of the builder, and commissioned in early March 1863 with Commander Alexander C. Rhind in command.