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Later Classes of Monitors:
USS Dictator
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USS Dictator
From the Collections of The Mariners' Museum
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A single-turreted monitor built by Delamater
Iron Works, New York, NY under contract with John Ericsson and
was launched December 26, 1863. Assigned to the North Atlantic
Blockading Squadron, the Dictator cruised the Atlantic
coast from December 15, 1864 until she was placed out of commission
on September 5, 1865 at League Island Navy Yard. She remained
in ordinary until 1869.
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Stern view, USS Dictator
From the Collections of The Mariners' Museum
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The Dictator was recommissioned
on July 20, 1869 and was assigned to the North Atlantic Fleet
until June 28, 1871. She was put back in ordinary at the New
York Navy Yard until January 12, 1874 when she recommissioned
back to the North Atlantic Station. Her final decommissioning
was June 1, 1877 and was sold September 27, 1883.
Displacement: 3,033 tons
Length: 312 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Draft: 20 feet
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