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USS Nahant

USS Nahant

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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

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Characteristics

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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

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Armament

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1 x 15in smoothbore

1 x 11 Dahlgren gun

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Battles

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South Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Charleston Harbor

CSS Atlanta Engagement

Charleston Harbor

Morris Island

Fort Wagner

Fort Moultrie

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