1863

Ocean Ships Laid Down:

Ship

Tonnage

Armament
(#=pound, R=rifled, H=howitzer)

Notes

Large Double-enders

Mohongo

1370

2-100#R, 4-9”, 2-20#R, 2-24#H

Monocacy

1370

2-100#R, 4-9”, 2-20#R, 2-24#H

Muscoota

1370

2-100#R, 4-9”, 2-20#R, 2-24#H

Shamokin

1370

2-100#R, 4-9”, 2-20#R, 2-24#H

Suwanee

1370

2-100#R, 4-9”, 2-20#R, 2-24#H

Winnepac

1370

2-100#R, 4-9”, 2-20#R, 2-24#H

Ashuelot

1370

4-8”, 2-60#R, 2-20#R, 2-24#H

All completed 1865. Suwanee wrecked (1868), Mohongo wrecked (1870), Moscoota, Shamokin, and Winnepac sold out of service (1869), rest retained for many years.

Large Screw Cruisers

Ammonoosuc*

3850

10-9”, 3-60#R, 2-24#H

Neshaminy*

3850

10-9”, 3-60#R, 2-24#H

Wampanoag*

4215

10-9”, 3-60#R, 2-24#H

Pomponoosuc*

4446

10-9”, 3-60#R, 2-24#H

Madawaska*

4105

10-9”, 3-60#R, 2-24#H

Chattanooga

3046

8-8”, 3-60#R, 2-24#H

Completed 1866

Idaho

3241

8-8”, 3-60#R, 2-24#H

Completed 1866

All completed in 1869 except as noted.
*Names changed in 1869 as follows: Ammonoosuc to Iowa, Neshaminy to Arizona (changed in August to Nevada), Wampanoag to Florida, Pomponoosuc to Connecticut, and Madawaska to Tennessee.

Seagoing Double-turret Monitors

Kalamazoo*

5600

4-15”

Passaconaway*

5600

4-15”

Quinsigamond*

5600

4-15”

Shackamaxon*

5600

4-15”

All broken up on stocks before launch.
*Names changed in 1869 as follows: Kalamazoo to Colussus, Passaconaway to Massachusetts, Quinsigamond to Hercules (changed to Oregon in August), and Shackamaxon to Nebraska.

Three-turret Monitor (converted from screw frigate)

Roanoke

4-15”, 2-150#R

Shallow Draft Monitors

Casco

614

1-11”

Name changed to Hero in 1869

Chimo

614

1-11”

Name changed to Orion, June 1869, to Piscataqua in Aug.

Cohoes

614

1-11”

Etlah

614

1-11”

Name changed to Hecate, June 1869, changed back in Aug.

Klamath

614

1-11”

Name changed to Harpy, June 1869, changed back in Aug.

Koka

614

1-11”

Name changed to Argus, June 1869, changed back in Aug.

Modoc

614

1-11”

Name changed to Achilles, June 1869, changed back in Aug.

Napa

614

1-11”

Name changed to Nemesis, June 1869, changed back in Aug.

Naubuc

614

1-11”

Name changed to Gorgon, June 1869, to Minnetonka in Aug.

Nausett

614

1-11”

Name changed to Aetna, June 1869, changed back in Aug.

Shawnee

614

1-11”

Name changed to Eolus, June 1869, changed back in Aug.

Shiloh

614

1-11”

Name changed to Iris, June 1869

Squando

614

1-11”

Name changed to Erebus, June 1869, to Algoma in Aug.

Suncook

614

1-11”

Name changed to Spitfire, June 1869, changed back in Aug.

Tunxis

614

1-11”

Name changed to Hydra, June 1869,  to Otsego in Aug.

Umpqua

614

1-11”

Name changed to Fury, June 1869, changed back in Aug.

Wassuc

614

1-11”

Name changed to Stromboli, June 1869, changed back, Aug.

Waxsaw

614

1-11”

Name changed to Niobe, June 1869, changed back in Aug.

Yazoo

614

1-11”

Name changed to Tartar, June 1869, changed back in Aug.

Yuma

614

1-11”

Name changed to Tempest, June 1869, changed back in Aug.

Chimo completed in 1864, all others in 1865.

Medium Cruisers

Antietam

3953

2-100#R, 1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Guerrière

3953

2-100#R, 1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Illinois

3953

2-100#R, 1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Java

3953

2-100#R, 1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Kewaydin*

3953

2-100#R, 1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Changed to Pennsylvania, 1869

Minnetonka*

3953

2-100#R, 1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Changed to California, 1869

Ontario*

3953

2-100#R, 1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Changed to New York, 1869

Piscataqua*

3953

2-100#R, 1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Changed to Delaware, 1869

Illinois, Java, Kewaydin, and Ontario broken up before launch, others completed 1865.

Medium Screw Sloops

Contoocook

3003

1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Changed to Albany, 1869

Manitou

3003

1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Changed to Worcester, 1869

Mosholu

3003

1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Changed to Severn, 1869

Pushmataha

3003

1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Changed to Cambridge, May 1869*

Arapanoe

3003

1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Keosauqua

3003

1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Mondamin

3003

1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Tahgayuta

3003

1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Wanalosett

3003

1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

Willamette

3003

1-60#R, 8-9”, 4-24#H

First four completed in 1866, remainder never reached beyond keel & frame stage.
*And to Congress in August.

Ocean-going Ships Purchased and Armed:

Ship

Type

Tonnage

Armament
(#=pound, R=rifled, H=howitzer)

Acacia

Screw

300

2-30#R, 1-12#, 1-12#R

Althea

Tug

72

1-12#

Arkansas

Screw

752

4-32#, 1-12#R

Augusta Dinsmore

Screw

834

1-20#R, 2-24#H, 1-12#R

Buckthorn

Screw tug

128

1-30#R, 1-12#

Cactus

Side wheeler

176

1-30#R, 1-12#, 1-12#R

Camelia

Screw tug

198

2-20#R

Carnation

Screw tug

82

1-20#R, 1-12#R

Clover

Screw tug

129

1-12#R, 1-12#

Commodore Jones

Side wheeler ferry

542

1-9”, 1-5.1”R, 2-24#H

Commodore Read

Side wheeler ferry

650

2-100#R, 4-24#H

Cowslip

Side wheeler tug

220

1-20#R, 2-24#H

Dai Ching

Screw

520

1-100#R, 2-20#R, 4-24#H

Fahkee

Screw

699

1-100#R, 2-24#H