Historedia
Group or institution

USS Rhode Island

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1862

Every event in Historedia whose sources name USS Rhode Island, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Event of 1862: USS Monitor sinks in a storm in the Atlantic, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

    1862

    Role: Towing Steamship

    1. late December 1862 · Cape Hatteras, North CarolinaMonitor Sinks in Storm

      USS Monitor sank during a heavy storm off Cape Hatteras while being towed by USS Rhode Island, with structural failure caused by violent waves.

Sources

  1. USS Monitor Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03