Monitor U.SS Onondaga

[frontrank2]

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[JRJ]

I can't answer your question but I am sure someone who can will be along soon.

But that is a beautiful picture! I do like those chairs on the bow. Pretty spiffy looking vessel!

 

[frontrank2]

It is a pretty awesome looking watercraft. It looks more sophisticated than the original Monitor. I wonder if this is where the cruise ships got their idea for deck chairs?

 

[AndyHall]

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Onondaga had a depth of hull of 12 ft 10 in., so call it 12 ft. Monitors were generally relatively shallow draft, designed for coastal and riverine work. They were not really intended for open sea passages, although Onondaga crossed the Atlantic after the war after being sold to France.

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[tmh10]

Found a good site with some further info.

http://www.cityofart.net/bship/onondaga.html

 

[frontrank2]

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Onondaga had a depth of hull of 12 ft 10 in., so call it 12 ft. Monitors were generally relatively shallow draft, designed for coastal and riverine work. They were not really intended for open sea passages, although Onondaga crossed the Atlantic after the war after being sold to France.

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Thanks for the info. I can't believe she made it across the Atlantic!

 

[AndyHall]

I can't believe she made it across the Atlantic!

Fourteen inches of freeboard, yo!

 

[frontrank2]

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This is the USS Casco. I think this was posted a few months ago. A pretty cool looking ship.

 

[TinCan]

Onondaga was what we called a "double ender", had a turret at each end, so twice the fire power as the original.

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

Albeit, a "double-ender" meant something different in the Civil War era, when it referred to a sidewheeler with a rudder at both "bow" and "stern," so it could theoretically steam in either direction with equal facility. The idea seems to have come from impressing New York ferryboats into naval service and noting how well they could maneuver in tight places.

 

[Robert Gray]

Another photograph of the U.S.S. Onondaga.

 

[frontrank2]

I like that view even better.