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Tuesday 26 April 2016

American coastal defence ram USS Katahdin used as target according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1909-1910 no. 5


An item reported that the American coastal defence ram USS Katahdin was used as target at Indian Head. For this purpose were armour plates with a thickness of 15cm tightened to her main armour.

Note
1. Launched at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine on 4 February 1893, launched on 20 February 1896, commissioned on 8 October 1898, stricken on 9 July 1909 and sunk as a target in September 1909 off Rappahannock Spit, Virginia. Built according to the ideas of  Daniel Ammen (15 May 1820 Brown County, Ohio-11 July 1898 Washington) served in the US navy during the Civil War and afterwards leaving in 1878 actual service in the rank of rear admiral. He was also author of maritime oriented publications. For the Katahdin-design he used the designs of the British torpedo ram HMS Polyphemus.