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KATAHDIN

CLASS - KATAHDIN As Built
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

Click On Image For Full Size	Size	Image Description	Source
	472k	*Katahdin* Steam Cutter for Harbor Defense Ram, 22 December 1891. Note: The dimensions shown on the drawing are way smaller than those listed in the specifications.	National Archives Identifier: 75842408 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	732k	3 views of the *Katahdin* Steam Cutter for Harbor Defense Ram.	From the Scientific Amerian Magazine of 1898 Supplement, courtesy of David Upton.
Katahdin26	NR	THE KATAHDIN. Launch of the Big Ram at Bath Saturday A BANQUET AND SPEECH MAKING FOLLOWS AT THE ALAMEDA. Six Thousand teople Witness the Interesting Spectacle. Miss Soley Snips the Ribbon Attached to the Wine Bottle. Speeches at the Banquet by Senator Hale, Gen. Hyde, Secretary Soley and Others.	Image and text provided by Maine State Library. Photo from The Portland Daily Press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 06 February 1893, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	433k	Port quarter view of the *Katahdin* ready for launching on 4 February 1893 at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.	Source: Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.1570.04274 via Mike Green.
	407k	Bow view of the *Katahdin* ready for launching on 4 February 1893 at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.	Source: Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.1570.04272 via Mike Green.
	354k	4 February 1893, snowy New England day, as the *Katahdin* is prepared for launching.	Source: Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.1570.04273 via Mike Green.
	293k	1893 Lithograph by Fred H. Cozzens of the *Katahdin, Iowa* (BB-4) & schooner rigged gunboat Machias (PG-5).	USNI photo courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory).
	1.18	Sketch of the *Katahdin* underway, 1893.	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from wikimedia.org
	3.14k	TWO NEW U.S. NAVAL TERRORS THE RAM *KATAHDIN* LAUNCHED, And the Indiana (BB-1) Nearly Ready. Both Formidable Battleships. Description of the Vessels.	Image and text provided by University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC. Photo from The Watchman and Southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 15 February 1893, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	136k	A line drawing of the *Katahdin*, as completed.	Photo courtesy of Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, collection of Robb Jensen.
	1.48k	United States Ammen Ram Katahdin in Action.	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The National Tribune. (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 27 July 1893, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	4.15k	The Katahdin, designed to sink any battleship, is a veriable Nautilus. She can strike a blow and not feel it.	Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Photo from The Morning Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 03 January 1895, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	424k	Artist's sketch of the *Katahdin* in action.	Courtesy of maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca via commons.wikimedia.org.
	784k	HOW WE WILL SINK THE *CRISTOBAL COLON* By a Naval Officer Aboard the Ram Katahdin	Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo from The Houston Daily Post. (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 01 May 1898, Mailable Edition, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	THE *KATAHDIN* A VESSEL FOR WHICH FOREIGN NATIONS HAVE NO MATCH	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 01 May 1898, Image 45, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	IS A QUEER CRAFT Ammen Ram *Katahdin* The Only Vessel of Her Kind. Built for Offensive Work Only - Calculated To Do Extensive Damage	Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI. Photo from The Hawaiian Gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 10 May 1898, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.00k	Halftone photograph of the *Katahdin* taken circa 1896-98.	Photo from The American Navy with Introduction and Descriptive Text - Reproductions of Photographs - Belford, Middlebrook & Co. - Chicago, 1898, submitted by Thomas Becher.
	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 (Retired), 1983.
	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.
	599k	*Katahdin* ramming a vessel. Reproductions of a painting, by Koerner & Hayes, circa 1897-98.	USN photo # Lot 4812-2, from the National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
	663k	*Katahdin* in New York between 1896 and 1901; the armored cruisers New York (ACR-2) and Cincinnati ((C-7) are in the background.	Photo i.d. courtesy of Richard M. Jensen. Photo LC-DIG-det-4a13901 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	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.
	279k	*Katahdin* at anchor, c1899.	Photo LC-DIG-det-4a03643 by Edward H. Hart, courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	927k	Colored print of the *Katahdin*.	Photo courtesy Darryl L. Baker.
	1.02k	*Katahdin* sits moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1901.	Photo LC-DIG-det-4a13904 courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	1.10k	Pictured are ships moored at League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. circa 1907. From right to left are the decommissioned ships *Katahdin, cruiser Columbia* (C-12), & the Minneapolis (C-13). The *Columbia* was re-commissioned on 22 June 1915 and the *Minneapolis* 2 July 1917.	Photo i.d. courtesy of Joseph Longo via Aryeh Weterhorn & Tom Bateman. Photo courtesy of the Detroit Publishing Company via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division courtesy of Bill Gonyo.
	NR	THIS IS WHAT THE RAM KATAHDIN* WAS EXPECTED TO DO.*	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 06 January 1907, Magazine Section, Image 40, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	The million dollar target.	Image and text provided by Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library. Photo from The Calumet News. (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 13 October 1909, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	Will Test Twelve-Inch Projectile As in Battle	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 09 February 1911, Last Edition, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	Former Naval Scrappers Now Headed For The Scrap Heap	Image and text provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL. Photo from Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 11 March 1911, Image 12, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	OLD "RAM" KATAHDIN TO BE TARGET The ship was reported sunk in 1909.	Image and text provided by University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR. Photo from East Oregonian (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 06 March 1915, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	RAM KATAHDIN IS SUNK. Used as Target to Test Resistance of Armor to 13-Inch Shells.	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 13 April 1916, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

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