USS Katahdin
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USS Katahdin was a United States Navy ironclad harbor-defense ram built in the late 19th century as an experimental coastal defense vessel.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy warship
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experimental coastal defense vessel ⓘ harbor-defense ram ⓘ ironclad warship ⓘ |
| armament |
ram bow
ⓘ
small-caliber guns ⓘ |
| armor |
armored deck
ⓘ
belt armor ⓘ |
| beam | about 43 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Bath Iron Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Bath, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
19th-century naval ship of the United States
ⓘ
ironclad rams of the United States Navy ⓘ ships built in Bath, Maine ⓘ |
| commissioned | 20 February 1896 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement | about 97 officers and men ⓘ |
| decommissioned |
17 February 1897
ⓘ
8 October 1898 ⓘ |
| designAssessment | considered unsuccessful as a warship concept ⓘ |
| designedRole |
coastal defense
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harbor defense ⓘ |
| designInfluence | French ironclad ram designs ⓘ |
| displacement | about 2,155 tons ⓘ |
| draft | about 15 feet ⓘ |
| era | late 19th century ⓘ |
| fate | used as target ⓘ |
| hullClassification | ram ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1891 ⓘ |
| launched | 4 February 1893 ⓘ |
| length | about 250 feet ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Katahdin, Maine mountain
NERFINISHED
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Mount Katahdin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
low freeboard
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specialized ramming bow ⓘ turtleback armored deck ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| primaryMission | defense of U.S. harbors ⓘ |
| propulsion |
coal-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam engines ⓘ |
| recommissioned | 10 March 1898 ⓘ |
| scrapped | by 1911 ⓘ |
| servedIn | Spanish–American War era ⓘ |
| servicePeriod | 1890s ⓘ |
| strickenFromNavalRegister | 9 July 1909 ⓘ |
| topSpeed | about 16 knots ⓘ |
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