USS Catawba (1864)
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USS Catawba 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, Catawba was laid up until sold to her buil
A lithograph of the monitor during her time in the Peruvian Navy as Atahualpa.
Huáscar (ironclad)
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Huáscar is an ironclad turret ship owned by the Chilean Navy built in 1865 for the Peruvian government. It is named after the 16th-century Inca emperor, Huáscar. She was the flagship of the Peruvian N
USS Catawba (1864)
…and Callao, on 11 May. Atahualpa was towed from Callao to Iquique, then part of Peru, from 11–22 May 1877, to defend that port from the rebel ironclad Huáscar during the Peruvian Civil War. When the War of the Pacific with Chile began in 1879, Atahualpa was stationed in Callao. On 11 December 1880, the Chilean…
Huáscar in 1903
Starboard profile drawing of Huáscar
Huáscar (right) at the Battle of Pacocha
The Battle of Iquique