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Camanche Ironclad
January 1, 1865
USS Camanche was a Passaic-class monitor built on the east coast and shipped in pieces to SF Bay where it was reassembled and launched November 14, 1864 at China Basin. She was fitted out and completed after the end of the Civil War. (Watkins No. 690 'Building the Comanche, San Francisco'). [Assembled in San Francisco ready for action Monitor Comanchee (sic) 1865][F810 SH-476] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Camanche_(1864)
Artifact
- Citation: Carleton Watkins
- Date Added: December 12, 2018
- Contributor: Courtesy of the Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives
Rights
Downloadable: Yes