USS Katahdin

USS Katahdin

Two vessels of the United States Navy have been named USS "Katahdin", after Mount Katahdin.

*USS|Katahdin|1861, was a screw gunboat commissioned in early 1862, active throughout the American Civil War, and decommissioned shortly after war's end

*USS|Katahdin|1893, was an ironclad ram in service from 1897 to 1909


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