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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 Saugus, a single-turret monitor, was launched 1 August 1863 by Built by Harlan & Hollingsworth & Co, Wilmington, DE. Contracted 13 October 1862, launched 16 December 1863, commissioned 7 April 1864. Decommissioned to reserve 13 June 1865. Recommissioned 30 April 1869 and operated along the Florida coast. Renamed Centaur, 15 June 1869, then Saugus, 10 August 1869. Decommissioned to reserve 31 December 1870; recommissioned 9 November 1872; decommissioned to reserve 9 March 1874; recommissioned 10 October 1874; decommissioned to reserve 8 October 1877.
Fate: Condemned 1886, sold for scrapping 25 May 1891.
