Amphitrite Class Monitor
USS Monadnock (BM-3), a monitor of the Amphitrite class, crossing the Pacific Ocean during the Spanish-American War. |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Continental Iron Works Harlan & Hollingsworth John Roach & Sons Phineas Burgess William Cramp & Sons |
| Operators: | United States Navy |
| Succeeded by: | Puritan class |
| In commission: | 1891-1919 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Scrapped: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Monitor |
| Displacement: | 3,990 tons |
| Length: | 262 ft 3 in (79.93 m) |
| Beam: | 55 ft 5 in (16.89 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Triple expansion (Monadnock) 2 × Compound (Others) |
| Speed: | Monadnock: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) Others: 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
| Range: | 1,370 @ 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 156 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 10 in (250 mm) 2 × 4 in (100 mm) Various smaller |
The Amphitrite class monitors were a class of four U.S. Navy monitors ordered in the aftermath of the Virginius affair with Spain in 1873. A fifth ship originally of the same design, USS Puritan (BM-1), was later fitted with extra armor and designated as a unique class.
Puritan and the Amphitrite class were to remain under construction for an extraordinarily long period due both to design changes and to the reluctance of the U.S. Congress to appropriate funds for their completion. Most of the vessels were only commissioned in the mid-1890s—more than twenty years after the commencement of construction. They were eventually to see active service in the Spanish-American War.
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