USS Minnesota

Survived

Type	Frigate
War	American Civil War
Main guns	2 × 10 in (250 mm) guns

Steam frigate. Ran aground at Hampton Roads and was saved by Monitor on the second day.

Title: U.S. Naval review at Hampton-Roads VA. Lithograph after a drawing by Joseph L. Jones, circa 1877-1880 depicting a Naval Review in Hampton-Roads, VA. dedicated to Secretary of the Navy Richard W. Thompson. Ships present include (from left): USS Marion, USS Tallapoosa (flying the Secretary of t Photo: Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

2 × 10 in (250 mm) guns
28 × 9 in (230 mm) guns
14 × 8 in (200 mm) guns

Builder	Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
Laid down	May 1854
Launched	1 December 1855
Commissioned	21 May 1857
Displacement	3,307 long tons (3,360 t)
Length	264 ft 9 in (80.70 m)
Speed	12.5 knots
Complement	646 officers and enlisted

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

Career

Launched

1 December 1855

Battle of Hampton Roads

Damaged

8–9 March 1862

Capt. Gershom J. Van Brunt; ran aground on 8 March and was saved by Monitor. Three killed and 16 wounded

Fate

Survived

Sold August 1901; later burned