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{{Infobox Ship Image
|Ship image=[[File:Uss Sangamon 1862.jpg|300px]]
|Ship caption=The USS ''Jason'' at New York during the Spanish-AmericanSpanish–American War.
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|Ship laid down=1862
|Ship launched=9 September 9, 1862
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|Ship commissioned=9 February 9, 1863
|Ship decommissioned=ca. 1865
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|Ship recommissioned=13 May 13, 1898
|Ship decommissioned=1899
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'''USS ''Sangamon'' (1862)''' was a [[Passaic class monitor|''Passaic''-class]] [[Ironclad warship|ironclad]] [[Monitor (warship)|monitor]] constructed for the [[Union Navy]] during the second year of the [[American Civil War]] where she operated in the waterways of the [[Confederate States of America]]. She was later recommissioned and placed into service during the [[Spanish-AmericanSpanish–American War]].
 
==Construction==
==Laid down in Pennsylvania in 1862==
The first U.S. Navy ship to be so named, ''Sangamon'' was laid down under the name '''''Conestoga''''' in the summer of 1862; renamed '''''Sangamon''''' on September 9 September, 1862; launched on October 27 October, 1862; and commissioned on 9 February 9, 1863 at [[Chester, Pennsylvania]], [[Commodore (United States)|Commodore]] [[Pierce Crosby]] in command.
 
===Assigned to the North Atlantic blockade===
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In March-April 1865, during the final thrust on Richmond, Virginia, she assisted in clearing the river of Confederate [[Naval mine|torpedoes]] (mines) and countering the threat of Confederate ironclads so that Union shipping could proceed safely to the Confederate capital.
 
==Post-CivilPost–Civil War operations==
After the war ended, ''Sangamon'' was decommissioned at Philadelphia and placed in reserve. Renamed '''''Jason''''' on 10 June 1869, no record has been found of any subsequent active service until she was recommissioned on 13 May 1898 for service during the [[Spanish-AmericanSpanish–American War]]. The old monitor was stationed at [[Fisher's Island]], [[Long Island]], [[New York]] where she provided the [[New York City]] area with some degree of naval protection against the perceived threat of a raid by [[Spain|Spanish]] [[cruisers]].
 
==Final decommissioning==
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==See also==
{{Portal|American Civil War|United States Navy|Military of the United States}}
* [[United States Navy]]
* [[List of United States Navy ships]]
 
==References==
*'' This article contains text from the US Naval Historical Center.''
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s5/sangamon-i.htm}}
*'' Additional technical data from'' {{cite book | last = Gardiner | first = Robert | coauthors = | title = Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905 | publisher = Conway Maritime Press | date = 1979 | month = | isbn = 0-85177-133-5 | page = 120 }}
 
==External links==
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/sangamon.htm navsource.org: USS ''Sangamon'']
* [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/monitors/sangamon.htm hazegray.org: USS ''Sangamon'']
 
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