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Latest revision as of 20:56, 26 April 2018
Four Arkansas class monitors were completed for the United States Navy in the first decade of the twentieth century. They were the final development of the classic monitor type, as the British coast bombardment ships built during the First World War were a separate development.
Overview of four vessels | ||||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | ||||||
Name | Hull No. | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Arkansas | BM-7 | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 14 Nov, 1899 | 10 Nov, 1900 | 28 Oct, 1902 | Sold 26 Jan, 1922 |
Nevada | BM-8 | Bath I.W. | 17 Apr, 1899 | 24 Nov, 1900 | 5 Mar, 1903 | Sold 26 Jan, 1922 |
Florida | BM-9 | Lewis Nixon Shipyard | 23 Jan, 1899 | 30 Nov, 1901 | 18 Jun, 1903 | Sold 25 Jul, 1922 |
Wyoming | BM-10 | Union I.W. | 11 Apr, 1899 | 8 Sep, 1900 | 8 Dec, 1902 | Sold 20 Apr, 1939 |
Contents
Design & Construction
Armament
Guns
As Built[1]
- two 12-inch/40 caliber
- four 4-inch/50 caliber
- three 6-pounders
1918'[2]
- two 12-inch/40 caliber
- four 4-inch/50 caliber
- one 3-inch/50 caliber AA gun
- three 6-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.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2008). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. New York: Routledge.
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