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Etlah (I)
ex
 Hecate (1869)
 Etlah (I)

Casco Class Light-draft Monitor:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at St. Louis, Mo., by Charles W. McCord (with turret to be constructed by James B. Eads)
  • Construction suspended, 17 June 1865, after the close of the Civil War
  • Never in service, laid up at Mound City, Il., in 1867
  • Renamed Hecate, 15 June 1869, then back to Etlah, 10 August 1869
  • Towed to New Orleans in 1872
  • Sold at public auction to Nathaniel McKay, 12 September 1874
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,175 t.
    Length 225'
    Beam 45'
    Depth of Hold 9' 1"
    Draft 6' 4"
    Speed 5.7 kts.
    Complement 60
    Armament
    one 11" Dahlgren smoothbore gun
    Propulsion steam
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