Nipsic Class Gunboat (1863)
From The Dreadnought Project
Five Nipsic class gunboats built for the U.S. Navy during the Civil War survived into the 1880s, although only one remained in service for any length of time afterwards.
| Overview of five vessels | |||||
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| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Yantic | Philadelphia NYd | Late 1862 | 19 Mar, 1864 | 12 Aug, 1864 | Foundered 22 Oct, 1929 |
| Saco | Boston NYd | Late 1862 | 28 Aug, 1863 | 11 Jul, 1864 | Sold 20 Nov, 1883 |
| Nyack | New York NYd | Late 1862 | 6 Oct, 1863 | 28 Sep, 1864 | Sold 30 Nov, 1883 |
| Template:US-1Shawmut | Portsmouth NYd | 2 Feb, 1863 | 17 Jun, 1863 | 1 Nov, 1864 | Sold 27 Sep, 1883 |
| Kansas | Philadelphia NYd | Mid-1863 | 29 Sep, 1863 | 21 Dec, 1863 | Sold 27 Sep, 1883 |
Contents
Design & Construction
Designed with the experience of the 90-day gunboats of the Unadilla class in mind. John Lenthall designed the hull with an eye towards achieving an increase in speed over the Unadillas, something judged necessary for blockade operations. Kansas's engines were English-built, taken from the captured blockade runner Princess Royal.[1]
Performance
They proved well-built and durable in service, with Yantic surviving as a training ship into the 1920s.
Armament
As Designed
- one 10-inch Parrott muzzle-loading rifle
- two howitzers
As Completed
- Varied. See individual articles.
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Bauer, K. Jack and Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. New York: Greenwood Press.
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: Civil War Navies, 1855-1883. New York: Routledge.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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