USS Shawnee
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Eolus.
USS Shawnee was a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor built by Curtis & Tilden, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was delivered 22 July 1865, and commissioned 18 August 1865.
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Shawnee and Wassuc laid up at the Boston Navy Yard, circa 1871-72. | |
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Name | USS Shawnee |
Ordered | April 1863 |
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Acquired | 22 July 1865 |
Commissioned | 18 August 1865 |
Decommissioned | November? 1865 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 9 September 1875 |
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 × guns of unknown type |
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Shawnee 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.