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USS Montauk

USS Montauk beached for repairs

Built by: Continental Iron Works (Greenpoint, NY)

Commissioned: December 14, 1862

Decommissioned: March 1899

Characteristics

Type: Passaic-class Monitor

Displacement: 750 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 15 in (380 mm) smoothbore

1 x (280mm) smoothbore

Battles

South Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Fort McAllister

Fort Wagner

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