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Manhattan

USS Manhattan

Survived

United States Navy

TypeMonitor
ClassCanonicus
WarAmerican Civil War
Main guns2 × 15-inch (381 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns

Monitor at Mobile Bay.

NHHC #NH60256 trimmed to delete caption. Identified there as an 1860s lithograph Photo: 1860s lithograph, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × 15-inch (381 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns

Armour

  • Gun turret: 10 in (254 mm)
  • Waterline belt: 5 in (127 mm)
  • Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm)
  • Pilot house: 10 in (254 mm)
BuilderPerine, Secor & Co.
Laid down1862
Launched14 October 1863
Commissioned6 June 1864
Displacement2,100 long tons (2,100 t)
Length223 ft (68.0 m)
Speed8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement100 officers and enlisted men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

14 October 1863

5 August 1864

Fate

Survived

Sold to be broken up, 24 March 1902