Canonicus Class Monitor (1863)

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.

[hide]Overview of six vessels
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

Armament

• two 15-inch Dahlgren smoothbores

See Also

• Wikipedia

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.