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+ | The ''Passaics'' were improved versions of John Ericsson's epochal ''Monitor''. The principal improvements were an increase in size, and the pilothouse being moved to a position atop the turret instead of near the bow, making communications between the command staff and the gun crews significantly more efficient. | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:34, 7 April 2018
Ten Passaic class monitors were completed for the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. Eight survived in reserve until the end of the nineteenth century.
Overview of eight vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Passaic | Continental IW | 1862 | 30 Aug, 1862 | 25 Nov, 1862 | Sold 10 Oct, 1899 |
Nahant | Harrison Loring | 1862 | 7 Oct, 1862 | 29 Dec, 1862 | Sold 6 Apr, 1904 |
Montauk | Continental IW | 1862 | 9 Oct, 1862 | 12 Dec, 1862 | Sold 14 Apr, 1904 |
Nantucket | Atlantic IW | 1862 | 6 Dec, 1862 | 26 Feb, 1863 | Sold 14 Nov, 1900 |
Jason | Reaney, Son & Archbold | mid 1862 | 27 Oct, 1862 | 9 Feb, 1863 | Sold Apr 1904 |
Catskill | Continental IW | 1862 | 16 Dec, 1862 | 24 Feb, 1863 | Sold 4 Dec, 1901 |
Lehigh | Reaney, Son & Archbold | 1862 | 17 Jan, 1863 | 15 Apr, 1863 | Sold 14 Apr, 1904 |
Camanche | Donohue, Ryan & Secor | 1862 | 14 Nov, 1864 | May 1865 | Sold 22 Mar, 1899 |
Design & Construction
The Passaics were improved versions of John Ericsson's epochal Monitor. The principal improvements were an increase in size, and the pilothouse being moved to a position atop the turret instead of near the bow, making communications between the command staff and the gun crews significantly more efficient.
Performance
Armament
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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