Amphitrite Class Monitor (1876)

The United States completed four Amphitrite Class Monitors after an exceedingly slow build, in the 1890s.

[hide]Overview of four vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Hull No.	Builders	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
Amphitrite	BM-2	Harlan & Hollingsworth Norfolk NYd	1874	7 June, 1883	23 April, 1895	Sold 3 January, 1920
Monadnock	BM-3	Continental I.W. Mare Island NYd	15 January, 1875	19 September, 1883	20 February, 1896	Sold 24 August, 1923
Terror	BM-4	Cramp New York NYd	1874	24 March, 1883	15 April, 1896	Sold 10 March, 1921
Miantonomoh	BM-5	John Roach New York NYd	1874	5 December, 1876	27 October, 1891	Sold 26 January, 1922

Design & Construction

As Built^[1]^[2]^[3]

four 10-inch/30 caliber (Miantonomoh two 10-inch/30 caliber and 10-inch/35 caliber)
two 4-inch/40 caliber (Amphitrite and Monadnock only)
four 6-pounder
two 3-pounders

Allen, Francis J. (1983). Roberts, John. ed. "The US Monitors Part 1". Warship Volume VII: pp. 55-59.
Allen, Francis J. (1983). Roberts, John. ed. "The US Monitors Part 2". Warship Volume VII: pp. 134-140.
Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-715-1. (on Amazon.com).
Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.

Amphitrite Class Monitor

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