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Later Classes of Monitors:
USS Monterey
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USS Monterey
From the Collections of The Mariners' Museum
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A single-turreted monitor built by the
Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA on April 28, 1891. She was
assigned to the Pacific Squadron for harbor defense and operated
out of the Mare Island Navy Yard. For the first five years the
Monterey participated in west coast maneuvers and target
practice. Each spring she would travel the California or Washington
coast for target practice. From April to August 1895 she made
an extended voyage down the South American coast to Peru.
During the Spanish-American War the
Monterey was ordered to the Philippines to provide the
Asiatic Squadron with support. The Monterey was not designed
for ocean voyages, but left on June 11, 1898 with the collier
Brutus. The trip was successful and they arrived at Cavite
August 13. She supported operations at Luzon until 1899 when
she was sent to Subic Bay with three other ships to destroy
a gun that was at the head of the bay. April, 1900 the Monterey
sailed for China and was refitted with two new boilers at Hong
King. She then operated as a station ship at Shanghai from July
1900 to September 1901. She carried Special Commissioner T.S.
Sharretts on a diplomatic mission to Nanking July 1902. The
Monterey continued operations on the coast of China until
returning to Cavite in the Spring of 1903 for repairs.
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USS Monterey
From the Collections of The Mariners' Museum
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The Monterey was out on reserve
at Olongapo Naval Station on September 28, 1907 and then in
ordinary on May 7, 1908. She remained at Olongapo in reserve
through November 1911 making routine voyages and target practice.
She was then given full commission and protected American interest
on the coast of China. February 11, 1913 the Monterey
was returned to reserve at Olongapo and after World War I broke
out moved to Cavite in 1913. May 1915 she operated in the Manila-Cavite
area on drills, recruiting and making island patrols. The Monterey
departed Cavite November 13, 1917 under tow of the collier Ajax
arriving at Pearl Harbor December 19. She was assigned as a
station ship for the Pearl Harbor Naval Station. The Monterey
was decommissioned August 27, 1921 and sold to A. Bercovich
Co., Oakland, CA and was towed across the Pacific for scrapping.
Displacement: 4,084 tons
Length: 260 feet 11 inches
Beam: 59 feet
Draft: 14 feet
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Introduction: Later Classes of
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