USS Canonicus

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:armament 2 × 11 in (280 mm) guns
gptkbp:armor gptkb:Ironclad
gptkbp:beam 47 ft (14 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Continental_Iron_Works
gptkbp:card_number Iron plating
gptkbp:class gptkb:Canonicus-class_monitor
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_William_E._Le_Roy
gptkb:Captain_John_M._B._Clitz
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Union_Navy
1862
gptkbp:complement 80 officers and men
gptkbp:construction_started 1861
1862
gptkbp:crew_capacity 80
gptkbp:decommissioned 1865
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
1865
gptkbp:design Monitor design
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:drafted_by 11 ft (3.4 m)
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Forts_Jackson_and_St._Philip
gptkbp:engine_type Coal-fired steam engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
Sold for scrap in 1869
gptkbp:historical_impact Influenced future naval designs.
gptkbp:historical_period Civil War era
gptkbp:historical_significance First ironclad warship built in the U. S.
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Canonicus
gptkbp:launched 1861
gptkbp:length 192 ft (59 m)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:None
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Captain_John_M._B._Clitz
gptkbp:notable_event Participated in the Siege of Vicksburg
gptkbp:operations gptkb:Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
gptkbp:owner gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:primary_role Coastal defense
Blockade runner interception
gptkbp:propulsion Steam engine
gptkbp:replaced_by Modern naval vessels
gptkbp:revival Rebuilt in 1863
gptkbp:service gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:service_years 1865
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Monadnock
gptkbp:speed 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)
gptkbp:start_location gptkb:Brooklyn,_New_York
gptkbp:status Scrapped
Scrapped in 1869
gptkbp:type gptkb:monitor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4