USS Wassuc (1865)

Shawnee and Wassuc laid up at the Boston Navy Yard, circa 1871-72
History
United States
Name	USS Wassuc
Ordered	April 1863
Builder	George W. Lawrence & Co., Portland, Maine
Laid down	June 1863
Launched	25 July 1865
Completed	28 October 1865
Commissioned	Never commissioned
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 September 1875
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 (10 mph; 17 km/h)
Complement	69 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns 1 × 150-pounder Parrott rifle
Armor	Turret: 8 in (200 mm) Pilothouse: 10 in (250 mm) Hull: 3 in (76 mm) Deck: 3 in (76 mm)

USS Wassuc — a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor — was built by the George W. Lawrence & Co., Portland, ME, and launched 25 July 1865, and completed 28 October 1865.

Wassuc was a Casco-class, light-draft monitor intended for service in the shallow bays, rivers, and inlets of the Confederacy. These warships sacrificed armor plate for a shallow draft and were fitted with a ballast compartment designed to lower them in the water during battle.