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Sandusky
ex
 Minerva (1869)
Sandusky (1862 - 1869)

Marietta-class River Monitor
  • Laid down, date unknown as Sandusky, a single-turreted river monitor at Pittsburgh, PA., by Joseph Tomlinson and Andrew Hartupee
  • Launched in mid-January 1865
  • Completed, 26 December 1865
  • Accepted by the Navy, 25 April 1866
  • Sandusky was never commissioned
  • Laid up at Mound City, IL.
  • Renamed Minerva, 15 June 1869
  • Name reverted to Sandusky, 10 August 1869
  • Sold, 17 April 1873 to David Campbell
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 479 t.
    Length 177'
    Beam 50'
    Depth of Hull unknown
    Draft 5'
    Armor
    Gun turret, 6"
    Pilothouse, 6"
    Hull, 1.25"
    Deck, 1.25"
    Speed 9 kts
    Complement 100
    Armament
    two 11" smoothbore Dahlgren guns
    Propulsion
    four boilers
    two steam engines
    single propeller
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