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M-2 USS AMPHITRITE

Amphitrite Class Monitor: Displacement 3,990 Tons. Dimensions,262 x 55.5 x 14.5 feet/80.08 x 16.86 x 4.42 meters. Armament 2 dual 10/30, 2 6-pound, 2 3-pound. Armor, Steel & Iron: 9 inch belt, 11.5 inch barbettes, 7.5 inch turrets, 7.5 inch CT. Machinery, HC engines, 4 boilers, 2 shafts, 1,600 hp. Speed, 12 knots.

Operational and Building Data: Built by Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, DE. Laid down 1874, suspended 1876, resumed 1882, launched 7 June 1883, transferred to Norfolk Navy Yard for completion, commissioned 23 April 1895. Operated mainly in training roles; decommissioned to reserve mid-1897. Recommissioned 2 October 1897 but saw little activity. Operated around Cuba, Puerto Rico and Key West during the Spanish-American War; bombarded San Juan 12 May 1898. Postwar operated as a gunnery training ship. Decommissioned to reserve 30 November 1901 for repairs. Recommissioned 1 December 1902 as a training ship; served as station ship in Cuba 1904-1907. Decommissioned to reserve 3 August 1907. Placed in commission in reserve for reservist training 14 June 1910. Loaned to the Connecticut Naval Militia 1916-1917. Served as a guardship at New York 1917-1919. Decommissioned 31 May 1919, stricken for disposal 24 July 1919, sold 3 January 1920. Used as a floating hotel and gambling casino; then chartered to the government in 1943 for use as a barracks at Elizabeth City, NC. Towed to Maryland for use as a floating restaurant and hotel in 1950, but sold in 1951.
Fate:: Planned refit for use as an oil exploration support ship canceled; sold for scrapping in early 1952.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
50k	Amphitrite (BM-2) under construction at the Norfolk Navy Yard, circa 1895. The wood backing for the armor has been set in place but the belt is not yet installed. The tall military mast which was typical of the "New Navy" monitors can be seen.	USN photo & text courtesy of "Monitors of the U.S. Navy, 1861-1937", pg 41, by Lt. Richard H. Webber, USNR-R. (LOC) Library of Congress, Catalog Card No. 77-603596.
183k	Port bow view of the Amphitrite (BM-2) at anchor on 27 April 1897 at an unknown location.	Library of Congress photo # LC-D4-3741, courtesy of Mike Green.
1.15k	*THE MONITOR AMPHITRITE* (BM-2)** DIMENSIONS AND ARMAMENT OF THE NEW COAST DEFENDER. SMALLER AND LESS HEAVILY ARMORED THAN SOME OF HER SISTER SHIPS, BUT LIKELY TO PROVE EFFECTIVE IN HER CLASS - ROOMY QUARTERS FOR HER CREW.	Photo courtesy of New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 22 April 1895, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
205k	A line drawing of the monitor Amphitrite (BM-2) as completed.	Photo courtesy of Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, collection of Robb Jensen.
2.36k	*UNITED STATES NAVY—IRON COAST DEFENSE MONITOR AMPHITRITE* (BM-2)**	Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN. Photo courtesy of The Princeton Union. (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 05 March 1896, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 01/11/12.
65k	Amphitrite (BM-2) circa 1895.	USN photo courtesy of "Battleships" by Anthony Preston, printed by Bison Books, Ltd, 1982.
55k	Amphitrite (BM-2) at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA, during the 1890s.	USNHC photo # NH 58949.
460k	THE MONITORS OF TODAY. ESSENTIALLY AN AMERICAN TYPE OF WAR-VESSEL.	Photo courtesy of New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 29 August 1897, Image 30, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
564k	UNCLE SAM'S FLEET OF MONITORS. In case of war with Spain, the monitor fleet would be of great value to Uncle Sam as coast defenders. Monitors are poor seagoing ships, but are text effective in the defense of seaboard cities. First row: *Wyandotte* & *Passaic, second row: Nantucket, Amphitrite* (BM-2) & Miantonomah (BM-5); third row; *Ajax*.	Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI. Photo by The Hawaiian Gazette. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 22 April 1898, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
4.45k	SCENES AT ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S BOMBARDMENT OF SAN JUAN Incidents drawn by the great marine artist Hofacker from cabled description showing Admiral Sampson stepping into the conning tower of his flagship for an instant, the killing of Seaman Frank Wedemark, the wounding of Samuel Feltman and others, and the flagship Iowa (BB-04), the Detroit (C-10), the New York (ACR-2), the Montgomery (C-9), and the monitors Terror (M-4) and Amphitrite (BM-2) engaging the batteries of Morro Fort. The torpedo boat Porter (TB-6) shown above lay outside the harbor.	Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo courtesy of The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 26 May 1898, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
63k	Undated starboard broadside photo of the Amphitrite (BM-2) in what appears to be her late 1800's-early 1900's color and configuration. In the background are 2 two masted barks.	U.S. Navy Photograph from nnsy1.navy.mil contributed by Mike Green.
3.43k	SURROUNDING SAN JUAN. A View of the Northeastern Part of Porto Rico, Showing the Towns of Fajardo In the Center, Thirty Miles From San Juan, and Ceiba on the Left, Which Have Just Surrendered to the Americans, With Cape San Juan and Its Lighthouse, Now Operated by a detail of American Marines, on the Right and in the distance the Peak of El Yungue, 3714 Feet High, From Which All the Spanish Positions in Eastern Porto Rico Can Be Seen. In the Middle Foreground is the Gunboat *Marietta, With the Monitors Puritan* (BM-1) and Amphitrite (BM-2) on the Right, and the Montgomery (C-9), With the Transports Ready to Discharge Their Troops, on the Left	Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 07 August 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
53k	Amphitrite (BM-2) at anchor off the Boston Navy Yard, 27 August 1901.	USN photo & text courtesy of "Monitors of the U.S. Navy, 1861-1937", pg 40, by Lt. Richard H. Webber, USNR-R. (LOC) Library of Congress, Catalog Card No. 77-603596.
71k	Holland (SS-01), at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD., circa 1901-1902. The crew on deck are, L to R: Harry Wahab, chief gunner's mate; Kane; Richard O. Williams, chief electrician; Chief Gunner Owen Hill, commanding; Igoe; Michael Malone; Barnett Bowie, Simpson, chief machinist mate, and Rhinelander. The two vessels on the right are monitors. The inboard vessel has only one turret and is probably one of 3 monitors: Arkansas (M-7), Nevada(M-8) or Florida (M-9). The outboard 2 turreted monitor is also one of 3 probables: Amphitrite (BM-2), Terror (M-4) or Miantonomah (BM-5).	US Navy photo courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
119k	Stern view of the Amphitrite (BM-2) in this undated photo.	Digital ID # ggbain 24106v, LC-B2-4172-8. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection.
77k	Amphitrite (BM-2) underway in this undated photo.	Photo courtesy of Robert Hurst.
30k	"The U.S. monitor Amphitrite (BM-2), with the aid of tugs and derricks, laying across the narrows below quarantine. The buoys from which are suspended the steel nets closing the harbor to submarines." *Amphitrite* cleared Bridgeport, Conn., on 2 February 1917 for repairs and alterations at the New York Navy Yard, arriving the following day. On 17 February, the ship departed the yard and stood down river to the Narrows, near Rosebank, Staten Island, N. Y., for work on the submarine net in company with three tugs; *Hudson, W. J. Conway, and Lizzie D., and Navy lighters Victor, Transport, and the tug S. W. Holbrook. Later, in company with M. M. Millard, George T. Kirkham, and John Nichols*, she continued her work laying the net off Rosebank.	Text courtesy of N.Y. Times 25 February 1917, Page 4 & DANFS. Photo by International News Service, courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
79k	Amphitrite (BM-2) in New York, 1917.	Photo courtesy of N.Y. Navy Recruiting Bureau via Darryl Baker.
535k	The *Manchuria, sinking stern first in New York Bay, after a crash in the fog with the U. S. Monitor Amphitrite* (BM-2).	Photo courtesy of New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 24 June 1917, Image 50, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
209k	"Flotilla A, Destroyer Force". Tied up with sterns to the wharf in the Philadelphia Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, while awaiting decommissioning, circa May 1919. Other ships in the background include a Monitor, three old battleships and several torpedo boats. Panoramic photograph by Frawley and Collins, Mount Holly, New Jersey. Ships in the foreground are (from left to right): Dale (DD-4); Lawrence (DD-8); Perry (DD-11); Whipple (DD-15); Truxtun (DD-14); A barge; Worden (DD-16); Barry (DD-2); Hull (DD-7); Hopkins (DD-6); Bainbridge (DD-1); Stewart (DD-13); Paul Jones (DD-10); Decatur (DD-5); Preble (DD-12); Preston (DD-19); Flusser (DD-20); Lamson (DD-18); Reid (DD-21); and Isabel (SP-521). Ships in the background are (from left to right): Amphitrite (BM-2);ex-Iowa (BB-04) outboard; ex-Massachusetts (BB-02) inboard; and ex-Indiana (BB-01). Several torpedo boats are moored alongside the old battleships.	Photograph # NH 105512, from the collections of the United States Naval Historical Center.
67k	Amphitrite (BM-2) drying signal flags in the Reserve Basin at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, while awaiting decommissioning in May 1919. Image cropped from a panoramic view (Photo # NH 105512) by Frawley and Collins, Mount Holly, New Jersey.	USNHC photo # NH 105512-A.
63k	Amphitrite (BM-2) as a floating hotel and casino off the Maryland coast in 1950-51.	Photo courtesy of Robert Hurst.
376k	A guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 Dec 1991.	USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil.

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