USS Oneota (1864)

Oneota after her rechristening as Manco Cápac and the addition of two masts
History
United States
NameUSS Oneota
NamesakeOneota Tribe of the Sioux Indians
Ordered1862
BuilderAlexander Swift & Company, Cincinnati, Ohio
Laid down1862
Launched21 May 1864
Completed10 June 1865
FateSold to builder, 13 April 1868
Peru
NameBAP Manco Cápac
NamesakeManco Cápac
Acquired1868
FateScuttled, 7 June 1880
General characteristics
Class and typeCanonicus-class monitor
Displacement2,100 long tons (2,100 t)
Tons burthen1,034 tons (bm)
Length225 ft (68.6 m)
Beam43 ft 3 in (13.2 m)
Draft13 ft 6 in (4.1 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement100 officers and enlisted men
Armament2 × 15-inch (381 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns
Armor

USS Oneota was a single-turreted Canonicus-class monitor built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Completed shortly after the end of the war, Oneota was laid up until sold to her builders in 1868, and then resold to the Peruvian Navy. Renamed BAP Manco Cápac, the ship participated in the defense of Arica during the War of the Pacific. When the town was taken by Chilean troops in 1880, she was scuttled to prevent her capture. Her wreck was rediscovered in 1960 and it has been heavily looted.