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USS Nahant
USS Nahant 1862
USS Nahant 1862
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USS Nahant
Built by: Harrison Loring
Launched: October 7, 1862
Commissioned: December 29, 1862
Decommissioned: 1898
Renamed: USS Atlas June 15, 1869
USS Nahant August 10, 1869
Fate: Sold, April 6, 1904
Characteristics
Type: Passaic-class Ironclad Monitor
Displacemnet: 1,875 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
1 x 11 Dahlgren gun
Battles
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Charleston Harbor
CSS Atlanta Engagement
Charleston Harbor
Morris Island
Fort Wagner
Fort Moultrie
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