USS Nantucket (1862)
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| History | |
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| Builder | Atlantic Iron Works |
| Launched | 6 December 1862 |
| Commissioned | 26 February 1863 |
| Decommissioned | 24 June 1865 |
| Renamed |
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| Fate | Sold, 14 November 1900 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Passaic-class monitor |
| Displacement | 1,875 tons |
| Length | 200 ft (61 m) overall |
| Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 Martin boilers , 1-shaft Ericsson vibrating lever engine, 320 ihp (235 kW) |
| Speed | 7 knots |
| Complement | 75 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Nantucket was a Passaic-class coastal monitor in the United States Navy.
Nantucket was launched 6 December 1862 by
Donald McNeil Fairfax
in command.
Assigned to the
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Nantucket participated in the attack on Confederate forts in Charleston Harbor 7 April 1863. Struck 51 times during the valiant but unsuccessful assault on the vital Southern port, the single-turreted monitor was repaired at Port Royal but returned to Charleston to support Army operations on Morris Island, engaging Fort Wagner 16, 17, 18, and 24 July. She captured British steamer Jupiter at sea 15 September. She again challenged the Charleston Harbor forts 14 May 1864 and thereafter remained on blockade duty through the end of the American Civil War
.
Decommissioned at
New York until turned over to the North Carolina Naval Militia in 1895. During the Spanish–American War
, Nantucket was stationed at Port Royal, South Carolina.
After being condemned as unfit for further service, Nantucket was sold at auction in Washington, D.C., on 14 November 1900. A total of five bids were received for the vessel, with the winning bid of $13,111 lodged by Thomas Butler & Co. of Boston. The auction is said to have attracted considerable public interest, due to the vessel's historic nature.[1]
References
- ^ "Old Monitor Nantucket Sold", The New York Times, 1900-11-15.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Additional technical data from Gardiner, Robert (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Conway Maritime Press. p. 120. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Wright, Christopher C. (June 2021). "Canonicus at Jamestown, 1907". Warship International. LVIII (2): 126–162. ISSN 0043-0374.
