title: List of ship decommissionings in 1877
text: # List of ship decommissionings in 1877
  
  The list of ship decommissionings in 1877 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1877.
  
  | Date | Operator | Ship | Class and type | Fate and other notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | January 13 | United States Navy | Potomac | Frigate | Sold |
  | January 22 | United States Navy | Shawmut | Steamship | Sold |
  | June 1 | United States Navy | Dictator | Monitor | Sold |
  | October 8 | United States Navy | Saugus | Canonicus-class monitor | Laid up at Washington Navy Yard; condemned in 1886; sold in 1891 |
  | October 31 | United States Navy | Advance | Sidewheel steamer | Sold |
  | unknown date | United States Navy | Canonicus | Canonicus-class monitor | To reserve; sold in 1908 |
  | unknown date | United States Navy | Catskill | Passaic-class monitor | To reserve; may have been in early 1878; recommissioned in 1898 |
  