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Later Classes of Monitors:
USS Monadnock
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USS Monadnock
From the Collections of The Mariners' Museum
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A double-turreted, twin-screw monitor
built by the Continental Iron Works, Vallejo, CA and was launched
September 19, 1883. Assigned to the Pacific Squadron on the
west coast participating exercises and training cruises. During
the Spanish-American war she was ordered to the Philippines
and arrived August 16, 1898. The Monadnock operated blockade
duty in the Manila-Marvile-Cavite area until December 1899.
December 26 she was relocated to Hong Kong where she cruised
the rivers of China, particularly the Yangtze to protect American
interests.
Between January 27- October 7, 1901
she stood almost continuous duty at the mouth of the Yangtze
River protecting a foreign settlement at Shanghai. The Monadnock
continued this type of duty until November 1904. In February
1905 she returned to Cavite and operated in the Philippines
until she was decommissioned March 10, 1909. Recommissioned
in reserve on April 20, 1911 she resumed operations outside
of Olangapo and was placed on full commission January 31, 1912
at Cavite. For the next seven years the Monadnock cruised
with submarines and towed targets. Decommissioned on March 24,
1919, her name was struck from the Navy list February 2, 1923
and her hull was sold on the Asiatic Station August 24, 1923.
Displacement: 3,990 tons
Length: 262 feet 3 inches
Beam: 55 feet 5 inches
Draft: 14 feet 6 inches
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