The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Casco Class Monitors-- USS Casco

Casco Class Monitors:

Casco, Chimo, Cohoes, Etlah, Klamath, Koka, Modoc, Napa, Naubuc, Nausett, Shawnee, Shiloh, Squando, Suncook, Tunxis, Umpqua, Wassuc, Waxsaw, Yazoo, Yuma.


USS CASCO

The Casco was launched in May 1864 by the Atlantic Works in Boston at a cost of $500,000. Commissioned December 4, 1864 and decommissioned June 10, 1865. After that, it was renamed Hero for awhile before the name was changed back to Casco.

After the problems with its seaworthiness were discovered, it was refitted with a spar torpedo in June, 1864.

It was 1,175 tons, carried a crew of 69 officers and men and only mounted one 11-inch Dahlgren gun on the deck after the turret was removed.

About its only service was removal of mines in the James River, Virginia.

The Casco was broken up in 1875.

A fairly Undistinguished Career. --Old B-R

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