any damage on the Chilean ships. On 16 January 1881, her crew was forced to scuttle the ship to prevent her capture by Chilean forces as they advanced into the city. After the war, the monitor was salvaged and she became a storage hulk until she was finally broken up sometime in the early 20th century. Notes References Further reading External links hazegray.org: USS Catawba Canonicus-class monitors Ships built in Cincinnati 1864 ships Ships of the Union Navy American Civil War monitors of the United States Maritime incidents in January 1881 Shipwrecks of the War of the Pacific Scuttled vessels of Peru