USS Monticello (1859)
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The first USS Monticello was a wooden screw-steamer in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for the home of Thomas Jefferson. She was briefly named Star in May 1861.
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United States | |
Name | USS Monticello |
Namesake | Monticello |
Laid down | 1859 |
Acquired | by purchase, 12 September 1861 |
Decommissioned | 24 July 1865 |
Fate |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Steamer |
Displacement | 655 long tons (666 t) |
Length | 180 ft (55 m) |
Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 kn (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h) |
Armament | 1 × 9 in (230 mm) gun, 2 × 32-pounder guns |
Monticello was built at Mystic, Connecticut, in 1859; chartered by the Navy in May 1861; and purchased on 12 September 1861 at New York from H. P. Cromwell & Company, for service in the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Captain Henry Eagle in command.
The Monticello was a schooner-rigged, iron braced, wooden screw-steamer built in Greenpoint, NY by the E. F. Williams Ship Building Company in 1859; chartered by the Navy in May 1861; and purchased on 12 September 1861 at New York from the Cromwell Steamship Company, for service in the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Captain Henry Eagle in command. [1][2][3]