USS Monticello
USS Monticello, circa 1860s
Namesake: Home of Pres. Jefferson
Laid down: 1859
Acquired: purchased, 12 September 1861
Decommissioned: 24 July 1865
Fate: Sold into merchant service 1 November 1865
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Characteristics
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Type: Steamer
Displacement: 655 long tons
Length: 180 ft.
Beam: 29 ft.
Draft: 12 ft. 10 in.
Propulsion: Steam engine
screw-propelled
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Armament
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1 x 9 in gun
2 x 32-pounder guns
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Battles
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Blockading James River
May 18-19, 1861: Sewell's Point Batteries
August 28-29, 1861: Hatteras Inlet
12 July 1862: New Inlet
Destroyed British schooners Ariel and Ann
Operated around Little River through 1863
January 1864: Wilmington blockade
July 1864: joined chased of CSS Florida
1st Battle of Fort Fisher
2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
18-19 January 1865: Accepted surrender of Fort Casswell
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