USS Klamath
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USS Klamath—a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor of the United States Navy—was launched 20 April 1865 by S. T. Hambleton & Co., Cincinnati, OH, under subcontract with Alexander Swift & Co., also of Cincinnati, OH. She was delivered to the Navy on 6 May 1866 but was never commissioned and saw no service.
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Name | USS Klamath |
Ordered | April 1863 |
Builder | S. T. Hambleton & Co., Cincinnati |
Launched | 20 April 1865 |
Acquired | 6 May 1866 |
Commissioned | Never commissioned |
Fate | Sold, 12 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 | 69 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 2 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns |
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Klamath was a Casco-class, light-draft monitor intended for service in the shallow bays, rivers, and inlets of the Confederacy. These warships sacrificed armor plate for a shallow draft and were fitted with a ballast compartment designed to lower them in the water during battle.