Панцерник USS Carondelet (1861)

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Класифікація

Основна інформація

Країна будівництва:
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Статус:
Доля:
Sold, 29 November 1865. Sunk in Ohio River, 1873, severely damaged during dredging, 1982

Головні розміри

Водотоннажність:
512 т
Довжина:
53 м
Ширина (по ватерлінії):
15.6 м
Осадка:
1.8 м

Машина

Силова установка:
  • 2 * non-condensing reciprocating steam engines
  • 22 ft (6.7 m) diameter paddle wheel
Швидкість:
8 вуз

Персонал

Екіпаж:
251

Бойові сили та засоби

Броня:
  • 2.5 in (64 mm) on casemate
  • 1.25 in (32 mm) on pilot house
  • hull, deck, and stern unprotected
Озброєння:

January 1862

  • 4 * 8-inch smoothbores
  • 1 * 50-pounder rifle
  • 1 * 42-pounder rifle
  • 6 * 32-pounder rifles
  • 1 * 30-pounder rifle
  • 1 * 12-pounder rifle

May 1863

  • 3 * 9-inch smoothbores
  • 4 * 8-inch smoothbores
  • 1 * 50-pounder rifle
  • 1 * 42-pounder rifle
  • 1 * 32-pounder rifle
  • 1 * 30-pounder rifle
  • 1 * 12-pounder rifle

January 1864

  • 3 * 9-inch smoothbores
  • 4 * 8-inch smoothbores
  • 2 * 100-pounder rifles
  • 1 * 50-pounder rifle
  • 1 * 30-pounder rifle
  • 1 * 12-pounder rifle

USS Carondelet (1861) was a City-class ironclad gunboat constructed for the War Department by James B. Eads during the American Civil War. It was named for the town where it was built, Carondelet, Missouri.

Carondelet was designed for service on the western rivers, with a combination of shallow draft and variety of heavy guns (and a light howitzer), she was suited for riverside bombardment and ship-to-ship combat against Confederate gunboats.

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