USS Essex (1874)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Essex |
| Ordered: | 10 February 1873 |
| Commissioned: | 3 October 1876 |
| Struck: | 27 October 1930 |
| Fate: | Sold and burned for its metal |
| Status: | Remains exist along the shore of Minnesota Point. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Steamer |
| Displacement: | 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) |
| Length: | 185 ft (56 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) |
| Propulsion: | Compound Steam engine, replaced in 1910 with a triple-expansion steam engine |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Armament: | (1876)• 1 × 11 in (280 mm) gun • 4 × 9 in (230 mm) guns • 1 × 60-pounder gun |
| Notes: | Later given the classification number IX-10 |
| USS ESSEX Shipwreck Site | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Built: | 1876 |
| Architect: | Donald McKay |
| NRHP Reference#: | 94000342 |
| Added to NRHP: | 14 April 1994 |
USS Essex, the third ship of that name, a wooden screw steamer, was built on contract for the United States by Donald McKay at East Boston, Massachusetts; commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 3 October 1876, Commander Winfield Scott Schley commanding; and reported to the North Atlantic Squadron.
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