U.S.S. Monterey
BM-6
1893
(Hai 312)
- Class: Monterey - 1 monitor of 1887
- Displacement: 4,084 tons
- Dimensions: 256 x 59' x 14'10"
- Machinery: 2-shaft reciprocating (VTE), IHP 5,250 = 13.6 knots
- Armor: Main belt 13in, turrets 14in and 11in, CT 10in
- Armament: 2-12"/35 (1x2), 2-10"/30 (1x2), 6-6pdr guns
- Complement: 191
- Builder: Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA
- Authorized: 3 Mar 1887
- Launched: 28 Apr 1892
- Commissioned: 13 Feb 1893
- Sold: 25 Feb 1922
- Notes: Original design had 1-16in and 1-12in guns, and 1-15in dynamite gun in the bow, but the latter was too heavy and lighter guns were substituted as shown here. Sailed across the Pacific to join Adm Dewey's Asiatic Squadron at Manila in 1898.
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