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Uss Patapsco (1862) align="center" colspan="2"|
Pencil sketch of Patapsco | | style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career | style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| United States Navy Jack | | rdered: | | | aid down: | | | aunched: | 27 September 1862 | | ommissioned: | 2 January 1863 | | ecommissioned: | | | ate: | sunk in battle, 15 January 1865 | | truck: | | | olspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics | | isplacement: | 1875 tons | | ength: | 241 ft | | eam: | 46 ft | | raft: | 11 ft 10 in | | ropulsion: | | | peed: | 6 kts | | ange: | | | epth: | | | omplement: | 105 officers and enlisted | | rmament: | 1 15 D.sb., 1 150-pdr. P.r. | The fourth USS ''Patapsco'' was a ironclad monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for a river in Maryland. Patapsco was built by Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware; launched 27 September 1862; and commissioned 2 January 1863, Commander Daniel Ammen in command. Assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Patapsco participated in an attack on Fort McAllister at Savannah, Georgia 3 March 1863. Moving to the North Edisto River in April, she sailed for Charleston, South Carolina on the 5th to participate in the assualt on that citys defenses. Under almost continuous fire during the remainder of April and in July and August, she continued to operate against the forts in Charleston Harbor, and on 89 September she supported the storming of Fort Sumter. Through the fall of 1863 and 1864, she remained off that South Carolina city, engaged in the general attacks on the harbors defenses. On the evening of 15 January 1865, however, while covering picket boats dragging for torpedoes (mines), Patapsco hit a torpedo and sank in less than a minute, taking 62 of her crew with her. See USS Patapsco for other ships of this name. Patapsco
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