U.S.S. Monocacy (1864)
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| 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
Her shallow draught and the lack of any purpose-built river gunboats in U.S. Navy service insured her survival, as she and her sister Ashuelot proved uniquely suited to carry out duties on the Yangtze River.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Charles S. Cotton, 17 August, 1880[8] – September 1883[9]
- Commander Henry Glass, 5 April, 1886[10]
- Commander Mortimer L. Johnson, 2 October, 1889[11]
- Commander Francis M. Barber, 24 September, 1891[12]
- Commander Robert E. Impey, 11 October, 1893[13]
- Commander William W. Reisinger, 17 November, 1895[14]
- Commander Oscar W. Farenholt, 24 October, 1896[15]
- Commander Frederick M. Wise, June 1900[16]
- Commander John E. Roller, 16 February, 1901[17] – October 1902[18]
- Lieutenant Commander George W. Denfeld, October 1902[19] – June 1903[20]
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.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Small Combatants. p. 418.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1882. p. 10.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (6th ed). p. 58.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1887. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1891. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1892. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1895. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1900. p. 7.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1902. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. pp. 14, 18.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 3.
- ↑ 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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