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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 cancelled; sold for scrapping; scrapping completed 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.
20k	A line drawing by A.D. Baker III of the monitor Amphitrite (BM-2) as completed.	Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
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.
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.
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 stell nets closing the harbor to submarines."	Photo by International News Service, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 25 February 1917, Page 4.
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. Photo added 02/24/08
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. Photo added 02/24/08
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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