USS Passaic (1862)
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| Builder: | Continental Iron Works |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 30 August 1862 |
| Commissioned: | 25 November 1862 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 September 1898 |
| Fate: | sold, 10 October 1899 |
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| Class and type: | Passaic-class monitor |
| Displacement: | 1,355 tons |
| Length: | 200 ft (61 m) overall |
| Beam: | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Martin boilers, 1-shaft Ericsson vibrating lever engine, 320 ihp (235 kW) |
| Speed: | 7 knots |
| Complement: | 85 officers and men |
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The first Passaic was a single turreted, coastal monitor purchased by the United States Navy for service during the American Civil War.
Passaic was built by Continental Iron Works, Greenport, New York, under subcontract from John Ericsson. The engine was built by Delemater Iron Works and it had a propeller of cast iron, 12 feet in diameter. It was launched 30 August 1862; and commissioned 25 November 1862, Captain Percival Drayton in command.
Two days later the new monitor departed New York and joined the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron at Hampton Roads on the 29th but was immediately sent to the Washington Navy Yard for repairs. There President Abraham Lincoln visited the ship with members of his cabinet 6 December. After returning to Hampton Roads on the 26th, Passaic, towed by USS State of Georgia, got underway three days later with USS Monitor, towed by USS Rhode Island, heading for Beaufort, North Carolina. Encountering bad weather off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, she leaked badly and was forced to work her pumps and throw all shot overboard to remain afloat, but she reached Beaufort on New Year’s Day 1863. Monitor foundered during the storm.
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