U.S.S. Canonicus
1864
(Aquarius AQ-S-24)
- Class: Canonicus - 9 monitors of 1862
- Displacement: 2,100 tons
- Dimensions: 235' x 43'8" x 13'6"
- Machinery: 1 screw, 2 Ericsson vibrating-lever engines,
2 boilers; IHP 320 = 8 knots
- Armor: 11" turret, 5" sides, 1.5" deck
- Armament: 2-15" smoothbore guns
- Complement: 83
- Builder: City Point
- Laid down: 1862
- Launched: 1 Aug 1863
- Commissioned: 16 Apr 1864
- Notes: Enlarged Passaic class. Sister ships were Saugus, Tecumseh, Manhattan, and Mahopac (1864), and Tippecanoe and Manayunk (1865). Two additional sisters, Catawba and Oneota, were never commissioned. Canonicus and Tippecanoe were rebuilt 1872-74.
- Service: James River flotilla 1864. Engagement at Howletts, Trents Reach, Virgina, 21 Jun 1864, at Dutch Gap, Virginia, 16-18 Aug 1864, and at Howletts Farm 5-6 Dec 1864. North Atlantic Blockading Squadron Dec 1864. Unsuccessful attack on Ft. Fisher, North Carolina, 24-25 Dec 1864. Second attack on Ft. Fisher, 13-15 Jan 1865, during which she was hit 36 times. South Atlantic Blockading Squadron Feb 1865 off Charleston. Decommissioned 30 Jun 1865. Renamed Scylla 15 Jun 1869. Renamed Canonicus 10 Aug 1869. Atlantic Coast cruises 1872-77. Decomissioned 1877. Sold 19 Feb 1908. Prize: steamer Deer 18 Feb 1865.
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