USS Wassuc (1865)
Shawnee and Wassuc laid up at the Boston Navy Yard, circa 1871-72 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Wassuc |
| Ordered | April 1863 |
| Builder | George W. Lawrence & Co., Portland, Maine |
| Laid down | June 1863 |
| Launched | 25 July 1865 |
| Completed | 28 October 1865 |
| Commissioned | Never commissioned |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 9 September 1875 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Casco-class monitor |
| Displacement | 1,175 long tons (1,194 t) |
| Length | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Screw steamer |
| Speed | 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h) |
| Complement | 69 officers and enlisted |
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USS Wassuc — a single-turreted, twin-screw monitor — was built by the George W. Lawrence & Co., Portland, ME, and launched 25 July 1865, and completed 28 October 1865.
Wassuc was a Casco-class, light-draft monitor intended for service in the shallow bays, rivers, and inlets of the Confederacy. These warships sacrificed armor plate for a shallow draft and were fitted with a ballast compartment designed to lower them in the water during battle.