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KATAHDIN

Lead and only vessel in the Katahdin Class Displacement 2155 Tons, Length, 250 ft 9 in (76 m) (Max). Beam: 43 ft 5 in (13.2 m) Draft: 15 ft 1 in (4.6 m) Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h) Propulsion: Range: Complement: 97 officers and enlisted Armament: 4 6-pdr. rifled guns

Operational and Building Data: Laid down in Bath Iron Works, Bath,Maine. Launched: 4 February 1893. Commissioned: 20 February 1896. Decommissioned: 8 October 1898.
Fate: Struck: 9 July 1909.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
61k	*Katahdin* on her launch day, 4 February 1893, at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.	Courtesy of hazegray.org.
48k	1896 circa photo of the *Katahdin* at anchor.	U.S. Navy photo # LC-D4-3745 DLC, by Edward H. Hart, from the Detriot Publishing Co, courtesy of the Library of Congress, Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949 & scanned from the book "U.S. WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR ONE" by Paul Silverstone, courtesy of Mike Green.
67k	The *Katahdin* at Brooklyn Navy Yard between 1896 and 1901.	U.S. Navy photo # 4a13904r, by Edward H. Hart, from the Detriot Publishing Co, courtesy of the Library of Congress, Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Photo added 12/05/06.
69k	The *Katahdin* with other elements of the Atlantic fleet exercising between 1896 and 1901.	U.S. Navy photo # 4a13902r, by Edward H. Hart, from the Detriot Publishing Co, courtesy of the Library of Congress, Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Photo added 12/05/06.
81k	Halftone photograph of the *Katahdin*, taken circa 1896-98.	USNHC photo # NH 52245. Courtesy of Howard I. Chapelle, Smithsonian Institution.
62k	Crewmen of the *Katahdin* standing by her forward superstructure, 1898. The original photograph, taken by J.F. Jarvis, was printed on a stereographic card. Note sheet metal ladder on the ship's "turtle back" hull side.	USNHC photo # NH 94258.Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(Ret), 1983.
111k	Undated port quarter drawing of the *Katahdin* underway.	Photo from National Archives & Record Administration (NARA), Record Group 19-N, Box 33. Courtesy of Dan Treadwell.
76k	A decommissioned *Katahdin* sits in port, possibly at Philadelphia Navy Yard sometime after 8 October 1898.	Photo from National Archives & Record Administration (NARA), Record Group 19-N, Box 33. Courtesy of Dan Treadwell.
376k	A 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.

KATAHDIN History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

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Additional Resources
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