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|cat=Monitor
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|order=Act of 3 March, 1887{{Conways1860|p. 146}}
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|chain=Monitors
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|name=Monterey
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|hullno=BM-6
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|builder=[[Union Iron Works]]{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 422}}
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|launch=28 Apr, 1891{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 422}}
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|laid=20 Dec, 1889{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 422}}
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|nat=US
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|type=monitor
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|decomm=27 Aug, 1921{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 422}}
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|fate=Sold
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|fatedate=25 Feb, 1922{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 422}}
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|fate2=Broken up
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==Construction==
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''Monterey''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> planned armament was much heavier: one 16-inch and one 12-inch gun plus a 15-inch pneumatic "dynamite gun" in the bow.  The massive 110 ton 16-incher's slow rate of fire, plus weight concerns, led to a less spectacular main battery being substituted and the dynamite gun being omitted altogether.{{FriedmanUSBattleships|pp. 408-409}}{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 18}}
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==Service==
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In 1900, she was serving on the [[Asiatic Squadron|Asiatic Station]].{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 151}}
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==Armament==
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===Guns===
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'''As Built'''{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 451}}
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* two 12-inch/35 caliber
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* two 10-inch/30 caliber
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* six 6-pounder Hotchkiss
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* four 1-pounder Hotchkiss
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===Torpedoes===
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* nil
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Monterey''">
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* {{CaptUSN}} [[Lewis Kempff]], commissioned her.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Louis Kempff|nick=Louis Kempff|appt=13 February, 1893{{HamerslyRecords7|p. 14}}|end=13 February, 1895{{HamerslyRecords7|p. 14}}|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Theodore Frederick Kane|nick=Theodore F. Kane|appt=3 September, 1895{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 6}}|end=before 20 June 1896{{USOfficerReg1897|p. 42}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Charles Edgar Clark|nick=Charles E. Clark|appt=30 September, 1896{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 6}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=George Wood Pigman|nick=George W. Pigman|appt=3 July, 1899{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 8}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Franklin Jeremiah Drake|nick=Franklin J. Drake|appt=17 March, 1901{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 12}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Henry Beehler|nick=William H. Beehler|appt=10 December, 1902{{USList&Station1903|p. 7}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Hugo Osterhaus|nick=Hugo Osterhaus|appt=23 October, 1903{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 14}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=David Wooster Todd|nick=David W. Todd|appt=16 May, 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 26}}|end=5 October, 1908{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Adrian Hoogewerff|nick=John A. Hoogewerff|appt=5 October, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}|note=also commanding {{US-Monadnock}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Harrison Augustus Bispham|nick=Harrison A. Bispham|appt=8 November, 1910{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}|end=6 October, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Mark Lambert Bristol|nick=Mark L. Bristol|appt=6 October, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Daniel Brotherton|nick=William D. Brotherton|appt=5 June, 1914{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 14}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=David Alexander Scott|nick=David A. Scott|appt=12 June, 1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 34}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Arthur Alton Garcelon, Jr.|nick=Arthur A. Garcelon, Jr.|appt=before 1 January, 1919{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 36-37}}}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
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* {{AllenMonitors1}}
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* {{SilverstoneNewNavy}}
 
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name=Monterey
 
name=Monterey
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order=Act of 3 March, 1887{{Conways1860|p. 146}}
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laid=20 December 1889
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laid=20 Dec 1889{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 422}}
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launch=28 Apr 1891
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launch=28 Apr 1891{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 422}}
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comm=13 Feb 1893
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comm=13 Feb 1893{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 422}}
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decomm=27 Aug 1921{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 422}}
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fate=Sold
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fatedate=25 Feb 1922{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 422}}
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fate2=Broken up
 
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Latest revision as of 14:24, 1 May 2022

U.S.S. Monterey (1891)
Hull Number: BM-6
Builder: Union Iron Works[1]
Ordered: Act of 3 March, 1887[2]
Laid down: 20 Dec, 1889[3]
Launched: 28 Apr, 1891[4]
Commissioned: 13 Feb, 1893[5]
Decommissioned: 27 Aug, 1921[6]
Sold: 25 Feb, 1922[7]
Fate: Broken up

Construction

Monterey's planned armament was much heavier: one 16-inch and one 12-inch gun plus a 15-inch pneumatic "dynamite gun" in the bow. The massive 110 ton 16-incher's slow rate of fire, plus weight concerns, led to a less spectacular main battery being substituted and the dynamite gun being omitted altogether.[8][9]

Service

In 1900, she was serving on the Asiatic Station.[10]

Armament

Guns

As Built[11]

  • two 12-inch/35 caliber
  • two 10-inch/30 caliber
  • six 6-pounder Hotchkiss
  • four 1-pounder Hotchkiss

Torpedoes

  • nil

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 146.
  3. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
  4. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
  5. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
  6. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
  7. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
  8. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. pp. 408-409.
  9. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 18.
  10. ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 151.
  11. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 451.
  12. ↑ Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 14.
  13. ↑ Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 14.
  14. ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
  15. ↑ Register of Officers, 1897. p. 42.
  16. ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.
  17. ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 8.
  18. ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
  19. ↑ List and Station, July 1903. p. 7.
  20. ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
  21. ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 26.
  22. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
  23. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
  24. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  25. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
  26. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  27. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  28. ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
  29. ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 34.
  30. ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 36-37.

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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