&sq=&lang=&file=File:Uss_Tunxis_1864.jpg) Engraving of USS Tunxis published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War"
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| History | |
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| Name | USS Tunxis |
| Ordered | April 1863 |
| Builder | Reaney, Son & Archbold, Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Launched | 4 June 1864 |
| Commissioned | 12 July 1864 |
| Decommissioned | September 1864 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1874 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Casco-class monitor |
| Displacement | 1,175 long tons (1,194 t) |
| Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Screw steamer |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h) |
| Complement | 69 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Tunxis was launched on 4 June 1864 at Chester, Pennsylvania, by Reaney, Son & Archbold; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 12 July 1864. On 21 September 1864, the light-draft monitor departed the sheltered waters of the navy yard on her maiden voyage. However, she soon began taking on water at such an alarming rate that she came about and returned to Philadelphia where she was decommissioned later in the month.