USS Wyandotte (1864)

USS Wyandotte (1864)

USS Wyandotte was a Canonicus class monitor originally named Tippecanoe. Constructed by Miles Greenwood at the shipyard of John Litherbury at Cincinnati, Ohio, Tippecanoe was laid down on 28 September 1862 and launched on 22 December 1864. However, she was not completed until 1866 when she was laid up at New Orleans, LA. In 1869, she was twice renamed: to Vesuvius on 15 June and to Wyandotte on 10 August.

Between 1870 and 1872, the monitor was laid up at Key West, FL, and at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. In 1873 and 1874, Wyandotte underwent extensive repairs by John Roach & Sons at Chester, Pennsylvania. On 24 January 1876, the warship was commissioned, with Lieutenant Thomas C. Terrell in command.