USS Watauga (1864)
USS Watauga was a proposed United States Navy screw frigate that was never built.
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name: | USS Watauga |
| Namesake: | The Watauga River in North Carolina and Tennessee |
| Laid down: | Never |
| Commissioned: | Never, although carried on Navy List 1864 |
| Fate: | Construction contract cancelled 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Frigate |
| Propulsion: | Steam, one screw |
Projected as a screw frigate, Watauga was intended to be similar to, but somewhat larger than, the Java-class frigates (USS Antietam, USS Guerriere, USS Minnetonka, and USS Piscataqua).[1]
Although first carried on the Navy List in 1864, Watauga was never laid down. The contract for her construction was cancelled in 1866.
Notes
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905, p. 125
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York: Mayflower Books, Inc., 1979. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
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