Passaic Class Monitor (1862)
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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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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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