USS Napa (1864)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Napa and USS Nemesis.
USS Napa was a Casco class twin-screw light draft monitor built during the American Civil War for operation in the shallow inland waters 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.
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The USS Napa and the USS Monadnock from an engraving published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War". | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Napa County, California |
Ordered | April 1863 |
Launched | 26 November 1864 |
Commissioned | Never |
Fate | Broken up, 1875 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Casco-class light-draft monitor |
Displacement | 1,175 tons |
Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Propulsion | Screw Steamer |
Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h) |
Complement | 60 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 1 × 11 in Dahlgren Smoothbore gun, 1 × spar torpedo |
Armor | 10 in pilothouse, 3 in hull, 3 in deck |
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