Galena 1880
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Galena | Norfolk N Yd | 1872 | 1879 | 26.8.1880 | stricken 2.1892 | ||
| Marion | Portsmouth N Yd | 1872 | 1873 | 12.1.1876 | Naval Militia TS 12.1897, stricken 3.1907 | ||
| Mohican | Mare Island N Yd | 4.9.1872 | 27.12.1883 | 25.5.1885 | TS 1898, station ship 2.1905 | ||
| Quinnebaug | Philadelphia N Yd | 1872 | 28.9.1875 | 2.10.1878 | stricken 11.1889 | ||
| Swatara | New York N Yd | 1872 | 17.9.1873 | 11.5.1874 | stricken 7.1896 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1900 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
65.8 pp |
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Breadth, m |
11.27 |
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Draught, m |
5.02 mean |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 HCRCR, 10 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
800 |
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Max speed, kts |
10 - 11 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 160 - 185 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
Galena: 6 x 1 - 229/15 Dahlgren SB, 1 x 1 - 203/18 Dahlgren (converted) RML, 1 x 1 - 135/21 60pdr Parrott BL Marion: 1 x 1 - 279/15 Dahlgren SB, 6 x 1 - 229/15 Dahlgren SB, 1 x 1 - 135/21 60pdr Parrott RML Mohican: 8 x 1 - 229/15 Dahlgren SB, 1 x 1 - 203/18 Dahlgren (converted) RML, 1 x 1 - 135/21 60pdr Parrott RML Quinnebaug: 6 x 1 - 229/15 Dahlgren SB, 1 x 1 - 203/18 Dahlgren (converted) RML, 1 x 1 - 135/21 60pdr Parrott RML Swatara: 6 x 1 - 229/15 Dahlgren SB, 1 x 1 - 203/18 Dahlgren (converted) RML, 1 x 1 - 107/24 30pdr Parrott RML |
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Complement |
212 - 230 |
Project history: Ship- or barque-rigged vessels, Marion being usually considered a rebuild of the first Marion. Except for Galena and Mohican, the engines were conversions of those built for the cancelled ships of the Serapis (Alaska) class.
Modernizations: 1887, all: were armed with 6 x 1 - 229/15 Dahlgren SB, 1 x 1 - 203/18 Dahlgren (converted) RML, 1 x 1 - 135/21 60pdr Parrott RML, 3 - 4 small guns
Naval service: Mohican was a training ship 1898-1904, then station ship at Olongapo and from 1910 to 1921 receiving ship at Cavite, serving also as a stationary submarine tender to the end of 1915.
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