Canonicus Class Monitor (1863)
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Nine Canonicus class monitors were completed for the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. Six survived in reserve until the end of the nineteenth century.
Overview of six vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Canonicus | Harrison Loring | Late 1862 | 1 Aug, 1863 | 16 Apr, 1864 | Sold 19 Feb, 1908 |
Saugus | Harlan & Hollingsworth | Late 1862 | 16 Dec, 1863 | 7 Apr, 1864 | Sold 15 May, 1891 |
Mahopac | Secor & Co. | Late 1862 | 17 May, 1864 | 22 Sep, 1864 | Sold 25 Mar, 1902 |
Ajax | Snowden & Mason | Late 1862 | 18 Dec, 1864 | 1 Sep, 1871 | Sold 10 Oct, 1899 |
Manhattan | Perine, Secor & Co. | Late 1862 | 14 Oct, 1863 | 6 Jun, 1864 | Sold 24 Mar, 1902 |
Wyandotte | Miles Greenwood | 28 Sep, 1862 | 22 Dec, 1864 | 24 Jan, 1876 | Sold 17 Jan, 1899 |
Design & Construction
Performance
Armament
- two 15-inch Dahlgren smoothbores
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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