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USS Catawba

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: Catawba, built by Alex Swift & Co and Niles Works, Cincinnati, OH. Contracted 10 September 1862, launched 13 April 1864, completed 10 June 1865. Never commissioned; placed in reserve immediately upon delivery. Sold to Alex Swift & Co in 1868 and resold to Peru as Atahuallpa, 2 April 1868.
Fate: Scuttled at Callao 16 January 1881, raised in 1881; used as hulk. Finally discarded around 1910 and presumably scrapped.

Size	Image Description	Source
43k	*Catawba* as the Peruvian *Atahuallpa*, departing New Orleans, 2 April 1868.	Courtesy of DANFS.
154k	*Catawba* as the Peruvian *Atahuallpa*.	Drawing by Ron van Maanen via warshipsresearch.blogspot.html.
376k	A guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 December 1991.	USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.

USS Catawba History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship

Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages By Andrew Toppan.

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