Haze Gray & Underway Photo Feature: US Warships from the Revolution to 1941

US Warships from the Revolution to 1941

Civil War Era Gunboats and Monitors

Coastal Sidewheel Gunboats

Ship: Mendota
Type: Sidewheel Gunboat, 1863
Date: 1864
View: Port Bow, on the James River
Photo ID: 111-B-178

Ship: Sassacus
Type: Sidewheel Gunboat, 1863
Date: 5 May 1863
View: Battle with CSS Albemarle
Photo ID: 19-N-16139; Artist unknown

Ship: Monacacy
Type: Sidewheel Gunboat, 1866
Date: 10 June 1871
View: Returning from attack on Korean mainland
Photo ID: 200-KWG-31

River Gunboats

Ship: Commodore Barney
Type: Sidewheel River Gunboat (converted ferry), 1861
Date: 1863
View: Port side, on the James River
Photo ID: 111-B-430
Notes: Formerly New York City ferry Ethan Allen.

Ship: General Grant
Type: Sidewheel River Gunboat, 1864
Date: 1864
View: Starboard side, on the Tennessee River
Photo ID: 165-C-627

Ship: Saint Louis
Type: Ironclad River Gunboat, 1861
Date: 1862
View: Port bow
Photo ID: 165-C-630
Notes: Later renamed Baron De Kaib

Monitors

Ship: Monitor
Type: Single Turret Coastal Monitor, 1862
Date: March, 1862
View: Deck view, showing turret, after battle with CSS Virginia
Photo ID: 200-CC-486

Ship: Lehigh
Type: Single Turret Coastal Monitor, 1863
Date: 1863
View: Starboard bow, on the James River
Photo ID: 111-B-652

Ship: Onondaga
Type: Dual Turret Coastal Monitor, 1864
Date: 1864
View: Port quarter, on the James River
Photo ID: 111-B-40

Ship: Casco
Type: Torpedo Ram (converted Monitor), 1864
Date: 1865
View: Starboard bow, overhead, on the James River
Photo ID: 111-B-6192

Ship: Monadnock
Type: Seagoing Monitor, 1896
Date: circa 1901
View: Starboard side, in Chinese waters
Photo ID: 19-N-15045

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