USS Huron (1875)
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Huron.
USS Huron was an iron-hulled gunboat of the United States Navy. She was a screw steamer with full-rig auxiliary sail, built by John Roach & Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania from 1873 to 1875 and commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 November 1875.
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An Alert class gunboat, possibly Huron, under construction at the shipyard of John Roach & Sons, c. 1874-75. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Huron |
Namesake | Lake Huron |
Builder | John Roach & Sons |
Laid down | 1873 |
Launched | 1875 |
Commissioned | 15 November 1875 |
Fate | Wrecked 24 November 1877 |
Notes | 98 of crew lost; 34 saved |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gunboat |
Displacement | 1,020 long tons (1,040 t) |
Length | 175 ft (53 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Depth of hold | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Armament | 1 × 11 in (280 mm) Dahlgren gun, 2 × 9 in (230 mm) Dahlgren guns, 1 × 60 pdr (27 kg) Parrott rifle, 1 × 12 pdr (5.4 kg) howitzer, 1 × Gatling gun |
USS Huron | |
Nearest city | Nags Head, North Carolina |
Area | 1.6 acres (0.65 ha) |
Built | 1877 |
Architect | Delaware River Shipbuilding Co. |
Architectural style | Alert-class Sloop of War |
NRHP reference No. | 91001625[1] |
Added to NRHP | 15 November 1991 |
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