USS Naubuc (1864)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Naubuc and USS Minnetonka.
The plans for the torpedo mechanism on the modified Casco-Class monitors.
The plans for the torpedo mechanism on the modified Casco-class monitors.
History
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NameUSS Naubuc
OrderedApril 1863
BuilderPerine's Union Iron Works, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Launched19 October 1864
Commissioned27 March 1865
FateBroken up, 1875
General characteristics
Class and typeCasco-class monitor
Displacement1,175 long tons (1,194 t)
Length225 ft (69 m)
Beam45 ft (14 m)
Draft9 ft (2.7 m)
PropulsionScrew steamer
Speed9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h)
Complement69 officers and enlisted
Armament
Armor
  • Turret: 8 in (200 mm)
  • [turret removed]
  • Pilothouse: 10 in (250 mm)
  • Hull: 3 in (76 mm)
  • Deck: 3 in (76 mm)

The first USS Naubuc, laid down as a 1,175-ton light-draft monitor at Perine's Union Iron Works, Williamsburgh, NY, was launched 19 October 1864. However, as with others of her class, she was of faulty design and was found to be unseaworthy prior to her completion. She was then converted to a torpedo boat, 4th rate, with one XI-inch Dahlgren smoothbore, and arid Wood-Lay spar torpedo equipment.