The Casco-class monitor was a unique class of light draft monitor built on behalf of the United States Navy for the Mississippi theatre during the American...
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Fort Casco, an English fort built in present-day Falmouth, Maine, in 1698 USS Casco, several United States Navy ships Casco-class monitor, a class of United...
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class Ozark Neosho class Neosho Osage, sunk by mine, 29 March 1865, 2 killed Marietta class Marietta Sandusky Roanoke class Roanoke Casco class Casco...
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one of the first of the Casco-class monitors to be launched in the United States Navy. USS Shiloh (CG-67) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser...
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Casco-class monitors Cohoes, Casco, Chimo, Modoc, Napa, Nausett and Waxsaw. The scrap value of Puritan was estimated at $43,000 and that of the Casco...
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USS Shawnee (category Casco-class monitors)
July 1865, and commissioned 18 August 1865. Shawnee was a Casco-class, light-draft monitor intended for service in the shallow bays, rivers, and inlets...
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USS Squando (category Casco-class monitors)
USS Squando was a Casco-class light draft monitor built during the American Civil War. Designed for service in rivers, the class required design changes...
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for gunfire. At the end of the American Civil War, the U.S. Navy Casco-class monitors had large ballast tanks that allowed the vessels to partially submerge...
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USS Umpqua (1865) (category Casco-class monitors)
launched on 21 December 1865; and completed on 7 May 1866. Umpqua was a Casco-class monitor intended for service in the shallow bays, rivers, and inlets of the...
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USS Klamath (category Casco-class monitors)
but was never commissioned and saw no service. Klamath was a Casco-class, light-draft monitor intended for service in the shallow bays, rivers, and inlets...
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The first USS Casco was the first of a class of twenty 1,175-ton light-draft monitors built by Atlantic Works, Boston, Massachusetts for the Union Navy...
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USS Yazoo (1865) (category Casco-class monitors)
launched on 8 May 1865; and completed on 15 December 1865. Yazoo was a Casco-class monitor intended for service in the shallow bays, sounds, rivers, and inlets...
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USS Napa (1864) (category Casco-class monitors)
USS Napa was a Casco class twin-screw light draft monitor built during the American Civil War for operation in the shallow inland waters of the Confederacy...
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renamed USS California before commissioning in 1870. USS Minnetonka, a Casco-class monitor commissioned as the USS Naubuc in 1865 and renamed in 1869. USS Mississippi...
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USS Cohoes (1865) (category Casco-class monitors)
single-turreted, twin-screw monitor — was still under construction at the close of the American Civil War. She was a Casco-class, light-draft monitor intended for service...
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USS Etlah (1864) (category Casco-class monitors)
twin-screw monitor, was still under construction at St. Louis, Missouri, at the close of the American Civil War. A Casco-class, light-draft monitor, she was...
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USS Suncook (1865) (category Casco-class monitors)
twin-screw monitor – was built by the Globe Works, South Boston, and delivered to the government at the Boston Navy Yard on 8 July 1865. Suncook was a Casco-class...
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USS Modoc (1865) (category Casco-class monitors)
USS Modoc, a single turret, an 1,175-ton Casco-class light draft monitor built under contract by J. S. Underhill at Greenpoint, Brooklyn, was completed...
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USS Waxsaw (1865) (category Casco-class monitors)
4 May 1865; and completed on 21 October 1865. Waxsaw was a Casco-class, light-draft monitor intended for service in the shallow bays, rivers, and inlets...
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USS Nausett (1865) (category Casco-class monitors)
and was laid up at the New York Navy Yard. Nausett was a Casco-class, light-draft monitor intended for service in the shallow bays, rivers, and inlets...
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USS Monitor, and later with the design of the Passaic-class monitors. His later career was marred by the scandal which enveloped the Casco-class monitors...
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USS Koka (1865) (category Casco-class monitors)
single-turreted, twin-screw monitor—was launched 18 May 1865 by Wilcox & Whiting, Camden, New Jersey. She was a Casco-class, light-draft monitor intended for service...
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USS Wassuc (1865) (category Casco-class monitors)
monitor — was built by the George W. Lawrence & Co., Portland, ME, and launched 25 July 1865, and completed 28 October 1865. Wassuc was a Casco-class...
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USS Tunxis (1864) (category Casco-class monitors)
decommissioned later in the month. Though the original designs for the Casco-class monitors were drawn by John Ericsson, the final revision was created by Chief...
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USS Shiloh (1865) (category Casco-class monitors)
first of the Casco-class monitors to be launched, was found to be unseaworthy. Though the original designs for the Casco-class monitors were drawn by...
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USS Yuma (1865) (category Casco-class monitors)
twin-screw monitor, was laid down at Cincinnati, Ohio, by Alexander Swift and Co. and launched on 30 May 1865. A Casco-class, light-draft monitor, she was...
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a Native American word meaning "White Lily". USS Etlah (1864), a Casco-class monitor, that was never commissioned. She was completed too late to be used...
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USS Chimo (1864) (category Casco-class monitors)
5 May 1864, and commissioned 20 January 1865. Chimo was a Casco-class, light-draft monitor intended for service in the shallow bays, rivers, and inlets...
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USS Naubuc (1864) (category Casco-class monitors)
Wood-Lay spar torpedo equipment. Though the original designs for the Casco-class monitors were drawn by John Ericsson, the final revision was created by Chief...
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built by the company included the Passaic class monitors USS Sangamon and USS Lehigh, and the Casco class monitor USS Tunxis. It also built the sidewheel...
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