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USS Catskill

Builder: Continental Iron Works

Laid down: 1862:

Launched: December 16, 1862

Commissioned: February 24, 1863

Decommissioned: September 22, 1898

Renamed: USS Goliath, June 15, 1869

USS Catskill August 10, 1869

Fate: Sold December 4, 1901

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Characteristics

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Type: Passaic-class ironclad monitor

Displacement: 1,335 long tons

Length: 200 ft

Beam: 46 ft

Draft: 10 ft 6 in

Propulsion: 1 x Ericsson vibrating lever engine

2 x Martin boilers

1 x shaft

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Armament

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1 x 15in smoothbore gun

1 x 11in Dahlgren gun

2 x 12 pounder Dahlgren deck howitzers (picket duty only)

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Battles

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South Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Charleston

Fort Sumter

Fort Wagner

Fort Moultrie

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