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1863 — In an evaluation of the usefulness of ironclads in a planned assault against Charleston, South Carolina, Montauk engages Fort McAllister in Georgia. The ship is struck repeatedly without damage, but the inaccuracy and slow rate of fire of its guns diminishes its offensive effectiveness. Further evaluations occur on 1 February.
USS MONTAUK sinking C.S. Privateer RATTLESNAKE, in the Ogeechee River, Georgia, February 28, 1863.
Painting by Alexander C. Stuart.
USS Montauk (1862-1904) - at left, and USS Lehigh (1863-1904) - at right
Laid up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, circa late 1902 or early 1903.
Line engraving published in The Soldier in Our Civil War, Volume II, page 187. It depicts scenes on board the
monitor, probably at about the time she was completed in December 1862. The views include a view in the
officers' ward room, with negro messmen at work, and several vignettes of ordnance equipment.
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