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Two Wampanoag class screw frigates were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1866 and 1867.
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Wampanoag | New York NYd | 3 Aug, 1863 | 15 Dec, 1864 | 17 Sep, 1867 | Sold 27 Feb, 1885 |
| Madawaska | New York NYd | Late 1863 | 8 July, 1865 | 27 Jun, 1866 | Sold 15 Sep, 1886 |
Design & Construction
Performance
Wampanoag briefly reached a speed of almost 18 knots on trial but Madawaska barely managed 15.25 knots.[1][2]
Armament
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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