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.

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.