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Contact Info
Home Town Staten Island
Last Address Lake Mahopac, NY
Date of Passing Aug 11, 1905
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Canonicus Class Monitor: Displacement: 1,034 tons. Dimensions: 225 x 43.8 x 13.6 feet. Propulsion: Ericsson VL engines, 2 boilers, 320 hp, 1 shaft, 7 knots. Crew: 85. Armor: Iron: 3-5 inch sides, 1 inch deck, 11 inch turret. Armament: 1 dual turret with 2x15 inch Dahlgren smoothbore.
Operational and Building Data: The first Canonicus, a single-turret monitor, was launched 1 August 1863 by Harrison Loring, Boston, Mass., and commissioned 16 April 1864 at Boston. Decommissioned to reserve 30 June 1865. Renamed Scylla, 15 June 1869, then Canonicus, 10 August 1869. May have been overhauled during 1869-1972. Recommissioned 22 January 1872 and operated with the fleet, but was frequently placed out of commission for short periods. Decommissioned to reserve 1877. Retained in reserve for use as a display at the 1907 Jamestown Exposition; was cleaned up, towed to the Exposition and placed on display, but was not recommissioned or made operable.
Fate:. Sold 19 February 1908.
