USS Carondelet (1861)
USS Carondelet
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  United States
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| Laid down: | August, 1861 |
| Launched: | October, 1861, at St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Struck: | 1865 (est.), sold, 29 November 1865 |
| Fate: | sunk in Ohio River, 1873, severely damaged during dredging, 1982 |
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| Displacement: | 512 tons |
| Length: | 175 ft (53 m) |
| Beam: | 51 ft 2 in (15.60 m) |
| Draught: | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine |
| Speed: | 4 knots |
| Complement: | 251 officers and men |
| Armament: | (see section below) |
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USS Carondelet (/kəˈrɒndᵻlɛt/ kə-RON-də-let) (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.
USS Carondelet, an ironclad river gunboat, was built in 1861 by James Eads and Co., St. Louis, Missouri, at the Union Marine Works, in Carondelet, Missouri under contract to the United States Department of War. Carondelet was commissioned 15 January 1862, at Cairo, Illinois, U.S. Navy Commander Henry A. Walke in command, and reported to Army's Western Gunboat Flotilla, commanded by U.S. Navy Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote.
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