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USS CAMANCHE

Passiac Class Monitor: Displacement: 1,875 tons. Dimensions: 200 x 46 x 10.5 feet/60.96 x 14.01 x 3.2 meters. Propulsion: Ericsson VL engines, 2 boilers, 320 hp, 1 shaft, 4-5 knots. Crew: 75. Armor: Iron: 3-5 inch sides, 1 inch deck, 11 inch turret. Armament: 1 dual turret with 1x15 inch Dahlgren smoothbore, 1x11 inch Dahlgren smoothbore.

Operational and Building Data: Single-turreted monitor Camanche, was built in 1863 by Secor Brothers, Jersey City, N.J. and disassembled and shipped to California on board Aquila, which sank at her dock in San Francisco 14 November 1863. Salvaged from Aquila's hulk, Camanche was assembled at San Francisco, launched 14 November 1864; and commissioned 22 August 1865, Lieutenant Commander C. J. McDougal in command.
Fate: Laid up at Mare Island throughout most of her career, Camanche served as a training ship for the California Naval Militia in 1896 and 1897 She was sold at Mare Island 22 March 1899.
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PASSIAC 39k Plan of turret for Passaic class monitors. The port stoppers can be seen clearly in this drawing. Photo courtesy of "Monitors of the U.S. Navy, 1861-1937", pg 11, by Lt. Richard H. Webber, USNR-R. (LOC) Library of Congress, Catalog Card No. 77-603596.
PASSIAC 61k Propeller and rudder arrangement of the Passaic class. Photo courtesy of "Monitors of the U.S. Navy, 1861-1937", pg 13, by Lt. Richard H. Webber, USNR-R. (LOC) Library of Congress, Catalog Card No. 77-603596.
CAMANCHE 37k Re-assembling the Camanche, circa summer 1864. Photograph from the Collections of The Mariners' Museum.
CAMANCHE 129k Camanche nearly ready for launching, at San Francisco, California, circa 14 November 1864. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 55198.
CAMANCHE 2.1m The launching of the Camanche, 14 November 1864. Photo courtesy of "Monitors of the U.S. Navy, 1861-1937", pg 12, by Lt. Richard H. Webber, USNR-R. (LOC) Library of Congress, Catalog Card No. 77-603596 via Darryl Baker.
CAMANCHE 590k This photo is labeled Pensacola, but it is more than likely the Tuscarora.
Note deckhouse on her stern and whale boats are blocking view of area where her main boiler stack would be located. The Tuscarora was in the South Pacific Squadron during this time and likely was at Mare Island. Camanche is aft of the ship. Photo maybe circa 1865. 		USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo i.d. & text courtesy of Robert Jensen.
CAMANCHE 40k Camanche at San Francisco. Published by Lawrence & Houseworth, 1866. Library of Congress photo # LC-USZ62-27427, from the digital archives via Tom Kermen. Photo added 03/03/09.
CAMANCHE 129k Camanche moored off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, in 1889. The city of Vallejo is in the background. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 68679. Photograph from the William H. Topley Collection. Courtesy of Charles M. Loring, 1969.
CAMANCHE 369k Camanche off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, in 1898. USN photo from "U.S.Warships of World War 1", by Paul Silverstone, submitted by Mike Green. Text from U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 55251.
CAMANCHE 98k Camanche in drydock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, possibly in about 1898. Courtesy of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 68512.
CAMANCHE 74k Passaic class monitor photographed after the Civil War. This may be Camanche, moored off Vallejo, California, circa the 1880s or 1890s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 44267.
CAMANCHE 84k Self-Propelled Derrick Barge off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa 1890. The monitor Camanche is in the right background. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 71244. Photograph from the William H. Topley Collection. Courtesy of Charles M. Loring, 1970.
MONADNOCK70kMonadnock (BM-3) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, prior to her June 1898 departure for the Philippines. The monitor Camanche is partially visible in the right background. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 71766 courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1970.
MONADNOCK52kOff the Mare Island Navy Yard, CA, June 1898, ready for her voyage to the Philippines. The old monitor Camanche is visible beyond Monadnock's (BM-3) after turret.Courtesy of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1970. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # NH 70502.
CAMANCHE 75k Albatross (U.S. Fish Commission Steamer, 1882), in San Francisco Bay, California, with a steam launch alongside, February 1902. The old monitor Camanche, which had been sold by the Navy in 1899, is in the right background. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 57139.
(NISMF)376kA guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 Dec 1991. USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.
USS CAMANCHE History
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