Amphitrite Class Monitor (1876)
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The United States completed four Amphitrite Class Monitors after an exceedingly slow build, in the 1890s.
Overview of four vessels | ||||||
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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
Armament
Guns
- 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
Torpedoes
- nil
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- 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.
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