Kalamazoo-class monitor
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kalamazoo-class |
| Operators |  United States Navy |
| Built | 1862–63 |
| Planned | 4 |
| Scrapped | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Monitor |
| Displacement | 5,600 long tons (5,700 t) |
| Tons burthen | 3,200 |
| Length | 345 ft 5 in (105.3 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 8 in (17.3 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) |
| Installed power | 8 × Tubular boilers |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × Shafts 2 × Direct-acting steam engines |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Armament | 2 × 2 - 15-inch (380 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns |
| Armor | list error: <br /> list (help) Gun turret: 10 in (254.0 mm) Hull: 6 in (150 mm) Deck: 3 in (76 mm) |
The Kalamazoo class monitors were a class of ocean-going ironclad monitors begun during the American Civil War.
Ships
| Ship | Builder | Namesake | Renamed | Laid down | Suspended | Scrapped |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo | Brooklyn Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York | Kalamazoo River[1] | Colossus, 15 June 1869 | 1863 | 17 November 1865 | 1884 |
| Passaconaway | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine | Mount Passaconaway[2] | Thunderer, 15 June 1869; Massachusetts, 10 August 1869 | 18 November 1863 | 1884 | |
| Quinsigamond | Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Massachusetts | Lake Quinsigamond[3] | Hercules, 15 June 1869; Oregon, 10 August 1869 | 15 April 1864 | 1884 | |
| Shackamaxon | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Shackamaxon[4] | Hecla, 15 June 1869; Nebraska, 10 August 1869 | 1863 | 1874 |
Notes
References
- Canney, Donald L. (1993). The Old Steam Navy: The Ironclads, 1842–1885. Vol. 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-586-8.
- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Olmstead, Edwin; Stark, Wayne E.; Tucker, Spencer C. The Big Guns: Civil War Siege, Seacoast, and Naval Cannon. Alexandria Bay, New York: Museum Restoration Service. ISBN 0-88855-012-X.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1989). Warships of the Civil War Navies. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-783-6.
