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USS Montauk (1862-1904) - at left, and USS Lehigh (1863-1904) - at right Laid up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, circa late 1902

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USS Nahant, USS Lehigh, USS Canonicus, USS Manhattan, USS Jason [exUSS Sangamon], USS Catskill, USS Montauk, USS Mahopac and USS Ajax laid up in ordinary at League Island Navy Yard, corca 1890 to 1901.

Library of Congress: LC-D401-21287

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USS LEHIGH Passaic Class Monitor. Commissioned 15 April 1863. Operated in Hampton Roads and the James River, then off Charleston. Ran aground under enemy fire and was damaged, 16 November 1863. Decommissioned to reserve 9 June 1865. Recommissioned for Spanish American War service 18 April 1898; decommissioned 8 September 1898. Sold for scrapping 14 November 1900.

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"We struck and exploded a large torpedo": Loss of the Patapsco, Part 2

“We struck and exploded a large torpedo”: Loss of the Patapsco, Part 2

Outside Charleston, the evening of January 15, 1865 began as so many other evenings under the blockade.  As the sun sat behind Charleston, the blockaders moved to their nighttime stations.  In the main ship channel, the USS Patapsco and USS Lehigh proceeded to take up station for their turn as picket monitors.  However, Lieutenant-Commander Stephen P. Quackenbush on the Patapscohad a more…

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July 5, 1864: The "very remarkable" practice of Dahlgren's 50-pdr rifle

July 5, 1864: The "very remarkable" practice of Dahlgren's 50-pdr rifle #CharlestonSiege150

July 5, 1864 brought the fourth straight day that Federals and Confederates sparred on the west end of James Island.  Though not a full scale engagement by Civil War standards, the firing at times involved some of the heaviest weapons of the war.

Anchoring the right of the Confederate lines was Battery Pringle with one 10-inch columbiad, one 8-inch columbiad, two rifled 42-pdrs, two rifled…

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