USS Tecumseh (1863)
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Tecumseh strikes a mine and sinks
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| Name: | USS Tecumseh |
| Namesake: | Tecumseh |
| Ordered: | 15 September 1862 |
| Builder: | Charles Secor & Co., Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Laid down: | 1862 |
| Launched: | 12 September 1863 |
| Commissioned: | 19 April 1864 |
| Fate: | Sunk during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864 |
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| Type: | Canonicus-class monitor |
| Tonnage: | 1,034 tons (bm) |
| Displacement: | 2,100 long tons (2,100 t) |
| Length: | 223 ft (68.0 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft 4 in (13.2 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
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| Speed: | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Complement: | 100 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament: | 2 × 15-inch (381 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns |
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U.S.S. Tecumseh
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| Nearest city | Fort Morgan, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 30°13′54″N 88°1′33″W / 30.23167°N 88.02583°WCoordinates: 30°13′54″N 88°1′33″W / 30.23167°N 88.02583°W |
| Area | 0 acres (0 ha) |
| Built | 1862 |
| Architect | Charles A. Secor & Co. |
| NRHP reference # | 75000306 |
| Added to NRHP | 14 May 1975 |
USS Tecumseh was a Canonicus-class monitor built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Although intended for forthcoming operations against Confederate fortifications guarding Mobile Bay with Rear Admiral David Farragut's West Gulf Blockading Squadron, Tecumseh was temporarily assigned to the James River Flotilla in April 1864. The ship helped to plant obstacles in the river and engaged Confederate artillery batteries in June.
Tecumseh was sunk on 5 August during the Battle of Mobile Bay when she struck a mine. The ship capsized and rests upside down northwest of Fort Morgan. The Smithsonian Institution surveyed her wreck in 1967 with the intent of raising it, but ultimately decided against the project when proffered funding was withdrawn. Several other plans to raise the wreck have been made, but all have fallen through.
The ship was 223 feet (68.0 m) long overall, had a beam of 43 feet 4 inches (13.2 m) and had a maximum draft of 13 feet 6 inches (4.1 m). Tecumseh had a tonnage of 1,034 tons burthen and displaced 2,100 long tons (2,100 t). Her crew consisted of 100 officers and enlisted men.
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