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Later Classes of Monitors:
USS Manhattan
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Drawing, USS Manhattan
From the Collections of The Mariners' Museum
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A single-turreted monitor built by Perine,
Secor & Co., New York, NY at the yard of Joseph Caldwell, Jersey
City, NJ and launched on October 14, 1863. She was commissioned
on June 6, 1864 and immediately sailed for the Gulf of Mexico
joining Rear Admiral Farragut's Squadron readying for the Battle
of Mobile Bay. August 5, 1864 the Manhattan, with three
other monitors formed a screen that protected the wooden ships
from Fort Morgan's guns. During the battle the Manhattan
engaged the Confederate ram Tennessee and then received
her surrender. The Manhattan then continued to fire on
the fort.
November 1864, the Manhattan
sailed to New Orleans then the Red River and remained there
until May 1865. Sent to New Orleans the Manhattan was
laid up in ordinary and on June 15, 1869 was renamed the Neptune
only resume her original name on August 10.
1870 she was taken to Key West and then
Philadelphia where she was fitted out in 1872-1873. Recommissioned
on November 19, 1873 and returned to Key West for fleet maneuvers.
April 25, 1876, the Manhattan sailed to Port Royal, South
Carolina, and patrolled the coast until June 1877. Re-stationed
at Norfolk, VA that same year the Manhattan eventually
was towed up the James River and anchored at Brandon then moved
to City Point in 1881, then to Richmond in 1888 and finally
to Philadelphia where she was laid up at League Island. She
was decommissioned on December 14, 1901 and she was sold March
24, 1902.
Displacement: 2,100 tons
Length: 223 feet
Beam: 43 feet 4 inches
Draft: 11 feet 6 inches
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Introduction: Later Classes of
Monitors
Timeline of Later Monitors
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