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USS ONEOTA

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: Oneota, built by Alex Swift & Co and Niles Works, Cincinnati, OH. Contracted 10 September 1862, launched 21 May 1864, completed 10 June 1865. Never commissioned; placed in reserve immediately upon delivery. Sold to Alex Swift & Co. in 1868; resold to Peru on 2 April 1868 as Manco Capac. Engaged the Chilean (ex-Peruvian) ironclad Huascar once.
Fate: Scuttled 7 June 1880, apparently at Arica, Peru, to avoid capture by Chile.
As of November 2010 her hulk is about 1.6 nautical miles west of the mouth of the San Jose' River and over 50 feet deep. The hull is quite corroded and stuck in the mud; the bow is well preserved, but her turret and guns are totally destroyed.

Size	Image Description	Source
33k	The ex-*Oneota* as the Peruvian *Manco Capac* (foreground).	Courtesy of es.geocities.com.
66k	The Peruvian *Manco Capac* with a multi-masted ship in the background.	Courtesy of histarMarch com.ar.
41k	Remains of the *Manco Capac*, 1980.	Courtesy of histarMarch com.ar.
72k	Artists rendition of the *Manco Capac* during the War of the Pacific, 1879.	Courtesy of chileanpower2.blogspot.com.
1.09k	Infograph of the *Manco Capac* during the War of the Pacific, 1879.	Courtesy of historicships.blogspot.co.il.
122k	Artists rendition of the *Manco Capac* during the War of the Pacific, 1879.	Courtesy of batallas.org.
433k	Artists rendition of the *Manco Capac* during the War of the Pacific, 1879.	Courtesy of arica1880.com.
32k	The *Manco Capac*, in South American waters, circa 1879.	Courtesy of wikipedia.org.
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 Oneota 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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