Броненосец USS Cairo

Классификация

Тип корабля:

Броненосцы типа «Сити»

Класс:

Броненосец

Основная информация

Назван в честь:

Город Кейро, штат Иллинойс

Оператор:

Флот Союза

Армия США

Военно-Морские Силы США

Страна постройки:

Соединенные Штаты

Изготовитель:

James Eads & Co.

Принят:

25 января 1862

Снят с эксплуатации:

12 ноября 1862

Статус:

Музей

Судьба:

Sunk by mine, 12 December 1862. Raised, 1964

Главные размерения

Водоизмещение:

512 т

Длина:

53 м

Ширина (по ватерлинии):

15.6 м

Осадка:

1.8 м

Машина

Силовая установка:

Steam engine with 22 inches (560 mm) cylinder and stroke of 6 feet (1.8 m), fed by five fire-tube boilers at 140 psi (970 kPa)
22 ft (6.7 m) diameter paddle wheel

Скорость:

8 уз

Персонал

Экипаж:

251

Боевые силы и средства

Броня:

forward casemate: 2.5 inches (64 mm)
pilot house: 2.5 inches (64 mm)
60 feet (18 m) of the side covering the machinery: 2.5 inches (64 mm)
forward part of casemate sides: 3.5 inches (89 mm) railroad iron

Вооружение:

January 1862

3 * 8-inch smoothbores
6 * 42-pounder rifles
6 * 32-pounder rifles
1 * 12-pounder rifle

November 1862

3 * 8-inch smoothbores
3 * 42-pounder rifles
6 * 32-pounder rifle
1 * 30-pounder rifle
1 * 12-pounder rifle

USS Cairo was one of the first American ironclad warships built at the beginning of the U.S. Civil War.

Cairo was the lead ship of the City-class gunboats and named for Cairo, Illinois. In June 1862, she captured the Confederate garrison of Fort Pillow on the Mississippi, enabling Union forces to occupy Memphis. As part of the Yazoo Pass Expedition, she was sunk on 12 December 1862, while clearing mines for the attack on Haines Bluff. Cairo was the first ship ever to be sunk by a mine remotely detonated by hand.

The remains of Cairo can be viewed at Vicksburg National Military Park with a museum of its weapons and naval stores.