USS Chattanooga (1864)
 USS Chattanooga as designed. | |
| Career (US) | 100x35px |
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| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 13 October 1864, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Commissioned: | 16 May 1866 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 September 1866 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| Struck: | 1871 (est.) |
| Fate: | hulk sold in January 1872 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,233 tons |
| Length: | 315' |
| Beam: | 46' |
| Draught: | 20' 6" |
| Propulsion: |
sail and steam engine screw-propelled |
| Speed: | 14 knots |
| Complement: | not known |
| Armament: |
eight 8-inch smoothbores three 60-pounder rifled guns two 24-pounder howitzers |
USS Chattanooga (1864) was constructed during the final years of the American Civil War but was not launched because the war was winding down in the Union’s favor. She was eventually placed into wet storage until she was holed by ice in 1872.
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Laid down during the Civil War
The first U.S. Navy ship to be so named, was built in Bridgeport, Alabama in October 1863 and the second ship Chattanooga, a screw steamer, was launched 13 October 1864 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and completed by the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Commissioned on 16 May 1866 with Captain J. P. McKinstry in command. The Chattanooga was named after the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Decommissioned after sea trials
After final trials in August 1866, Chattanooga returned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard where she was decommissioned 3 September 1866. She remained inactive there and at League Island, where in December 1871 she was holed and sunk at her dock by floating ice.
Final disposition
The hulk was sold in January 1872.
References
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- "USS Chattanooga (1866-1872)". Online Image Library. Naval Historical Center. 24 December 1998. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/chatnoga.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
