USS Monarch

USS Monarch and her sister ship USS Queen Of The West
History
United States
Name	Monarch
Namesake	Previous name retained
Launched	1853
Acquired	April 1862
Commissioned	1862
Decommissioned	After July 1863
Fate	Scrapped July 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	406 tons
Length	180 ft (55 m)
Beam	37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Propulsion	Side-wheel steamer
Complement	120 officers and men
Armament	1 30-pounder cannon, 3 12-pounder howitzers

USS Monarch was a United States Army sidewheel ram that saw service in the American Civil War as part of the United States Ram Fleet and the Mississippi Marine Brigade. She operated on the Mississippi River and Yazoo River during 1862 and 1863.