Monocacy in 1902
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Monocacy |
Builder | A. & W. Denmead & Son, Baltimore, Maryland |
Launched | 14 December 1864 |
Completed | 1865 |
Commissioned | 1866 |
Stricken | 22 June 1903 |
Fate | Sold, 1903 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Gunboat |
Displacement | 1,370 long tons (1,392 t) |
Length | 265 ft (81 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 11.2 knots (20.7 km/h; 12.9 mph) |
Complement | 159 |
Armament | 6 × guns |
The first USS Monocacy was a sidewheel gunboat in the United States Navy. She was named for the Battle of Monocacy.
Monocacy was launched by A. & W. Denmead & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, on 14 December 1864; sponsored by Miss Ellen Denmead; completed late in 1865; and placed in service in 1866. Future Governor of American Samoa Henry Francis Bryan served as her commander for some of her sailing days.