USS Umpqua (1865)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Umpqua and USS Fury.
USS Umpqua, a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor, was laid down in March 1863, before the official order had been placed, at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, by Snowden & Mason; launched on 21 December 1865; and completed on 7 May 1866.
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Name | USS Umpqua |
Builder | Snowden & Mason, Brownsville, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | March 1863 |
Launched | 21 December 1865 |
Commissioned | Never commissioned |
Stricken | 1874 (est.) |
Homeport | |
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 | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
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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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