USS Nausett (1865)
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USS Nausett, a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor, was built by Donald McKay, South Boston, MA, and launched on 26 April 1865, and commissioned on 10 August 1865, Acting Master Win. U. Grozier in command. Soon after her commissioning, she steamed to New York, NY, where she decommissioned on 24 August 1865, and was laid up at the New York Navy Yard.
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An engraving of the USS Nausett published in the English magazine "Engineering", 13 July 1866. | |
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Name | USS Nausett |
Ordered | April 1863 |
Builder | Donald McKay, Boston, Massachusetts |
Launched | 26 April 1865 |
Commissioned | 10 August 1865 |
Decommissioned | 24 August 1865 |
Fate | Broken up, August 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 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) |
Complement | 69 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 2 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns |
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Nausett 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.