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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Monocacy''''' was one of two [[Mohongo Class Gunboat (1864)|''Mohongo'' Class side-wheel gunboats]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Monocacy''''' was one of two [[Mohongo Class Gunboat (1864)|''Mohongo'' Class side-wheel gunboats]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] that survived into the "New Navy" era. | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
In 1900, she was serving on the [[Asiatic Squadron|Asiatic Station]].{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 151}} | |||
Her shallow draught and the lack of any purpose-built river gunboats in U.S. Navy service ensured her survival, as she and her sister {{US-Ashuelot}} proved uniquely suited to carry out duties on the Yangtze River.{{FriedmanUSSmall|p. 418}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Monocacy''" nat=US> | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Monocacy''" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=George Augustus Bicknell|nick=George A. Bicknell|appt=16 April, 1898{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 12}}}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==Armament== | |||
{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 82}} | |||
===1869=== | |||
* four 8-inch smoothbores | |||
* two 60-pounder muzzle-loading rifles | |||
* two 20-pounder muzzle-loading rifles | |||
===1889=== | |||
* four 8-inch smoothbores | |||
* two 60-pounder breech-loading rifles | |||
===1900=== | |||
* four 1-pounders | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:09, 2 June 2020
| U.S.S. Monocacy (1864) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | A. & W. Denmead[1] |
| Laid down: | late 1863[2] |
| Launched: | 14 Dec, 1864[3] |
| Commissioned: | 11 May, 1866[4] |
| Stricken: | 22 Jun, 1903[5] |
| Sold: | 1 Oct, 1903[6] |
U.S.S. Monocacy was one of two Mohongo Class side-wheel gunboats completed for the U.S. Navy that survived into the "New Navy" era.
Service
In 1900, she was serving on the Asiatic Station.[7]
Her shallow draught and the lack of any purpose-built river gunboats in U.S. Navy service ensured her survival, as she and her sister Ashuelot proved uniquely suited to carry out duties on the Yangtze River.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander George A. Bicknell, 16 April, 1898[9]
Armament
1869
- four 8-inch smoothbores
- two 60-pounder muzzle-loading rifles
- two 20-pounder muzzle-loading rifles
1889
- four 8-inch smoothbores
- two 60-pounder breech-loading rifles
1900
- four 1-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 131.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 82.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 82.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 82.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 3.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 82.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 151.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Small Combatants. p. 418.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 12.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 82.
Bibliography
- Bauer, K. Jack and Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. New York: Greenwood Press.
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Friedman, Norman (1987). U.S. Small Combatants: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: Civil War Navies, 1855-1883. New York: Routledge.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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