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Ship Class
USS Monitor
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Ship
Ship Type
Monitor
Ship Class Attribute
Innovative | Low Freeboard
Summary
First low freeboard, armoured turret ship.
Ship Classes
1) 
2) 1: Developed By Country
3) 2: Flag
4) 1: First Laid Down
5) 1: Last Disposed
United States1 1861 Oct 251962 Dec 31
Ship Classes
Standard Displacement
Length Overall
Beam
Draught
Complement
Class Complement
987ton52.42m12.64m3.2m4949
Ship Classes
Shafts
Main Engines
Max Speed
Machinery Type
Boilers
1320hp6ktReciprocating2
Ship Classes
Bunkerage
100ton
Ship Classes
1) 
2) 1: Designed By
3) 2:Image
4) 1: Improved In Ship Class
5) 4: as Class Improvement
Ericsson JohnEricsson John USS PassaicN
HSWMS John EricssonN
Ship Classes
1) 
2) 1: As Built Armament
3) 2:Turret Model
4) 3:Image
5) 1:Armour Kind
6) 1: As Built Armour
Gun 1 X US 11in Dahlgren SB Twin
US 11in Dahlgren SB TwinUS 11in Dahlgren SB Twin Iron9in Turret | 4.5in Belt | 1in Deck
Ship Classes
Number In Class
Built By Shipbuilder
1
Ship Classes
Potentially Involved In Tension
Involved In Activity
1862 12 31 0000 Foundered USS Monitor Cape Hatteras North Carolina
Documents
1)  Covered By Document
2) 1: as Document Reference
3) 2: Page Number
4) 3: as
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