&sq=&lang=&file=File:Uss_Yazoo_1865.jpg) An engraving of the USS Yazoo published in Harper′s Weekly
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Yazoo |
| Ordered | April 1863 |
| Builder | Merrick & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Yard number | 119 |
| Laid down | March 1863 |
| Launched | 8 May 1865 |
| Commissioned | Never commissioned |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 5 September 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 (10 mph; 17 km/h) |
| Complement | 80 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 2 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns |
| Armor |
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USS Yazoo — a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor — was laid down in March 1863, before final government approval had been given, by Merrick & Sons, Philadelphia.; launched on 8 May 1865; and completed on 15 December 1865.
Yazoo was a Casco-class monitor intended for service in the shallow bays, sounds, rivers, and inlets of the Confederacy. These warships sacrificed armor plate for a shallow draft and were fitted with a ballast compartment designed to enable them to ride exceptionally low in the water during battle.