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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
Characteristics
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
Armament
1 x 15in smoothbore gun
1 x 11in Dahlgren gun
2 x 12 pounder Dahlgren deck howitzers (picket duty only)
Battles
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Charleston
Fort Sumter
Fort Wagner
Fort Moultrie
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