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M-5 USS MIANTONOMAH

Amphitrite Class Monitor: Displacement 3,990 Tons, Dimensions, 262' 9"; x 55' 4" x 14' 6" feet. Armament 4 10-inch breech loading rifles and assorted 4-inch and 6-pdrs Armor, turret, 11 1/2"; side, 7". Machinery, 1,600 indicated horsepower; Speed, 12 Knots, Crew: 150 (approx.)

Operational and Building Data: Built by John Roach & Son, Chester, PA. Laid down 1874, launched 5 December 1876, suspended 1876, resumed 1882, commissioned for transfer to New York Navy Yard for completion 6 October 1882, decommissioned at New York for completion 13 March 1883, recommissioned 27 October 1891. Operated along the east coast 1891-1892; decommissioned to reserve late 1892. Recommissioned 1892 and operated with the fleet and was briefly loaned to the Massachusetts Naval Militia and the Rhode Island Naval Militia. Decommissioned to reserve 20 November 1895.
Recommissioned for Spanish-American War service 10 March 1898; operated in blockade service but saw no action. Decommissioned to reserve 9 March 1899. Loaned to the Maryland Naval Militia 1906. Recommissioned 9 April 1907 for the Jamestown Exposition; decommissioned to reserve 21 December 1907.
Fate: Stricken for use as a target 31 December 1915, designated Target C. Sold for scrapping 26 January 1922.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
64k	Miantonomah (BM-5) at the Navy Yard Brooklyn, NY. 5/5/1888.	From a print of Harper's Weekly Magazine. Photo courtesy of gono.com.
270k	The first of Miantonomah's (BM-5) 10 inch guns is placed into position, circa 1890.	Photo # det 4a14671 by The Detriot Publishing Company, now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) as LC-D4-20894. Photo submitted by Bill Gonyo.
39k	Mounting the Miantonomah's (BM-5) 10 inch guns.	Photo # det 4a14672 by The Detriot Publishing Company, now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) as LC-D4-20895.
38k	Mounting the Miantonomah's (BM-5) 10 inch guns.	Photo # det 4a14673 by The Detriot Publishing Company, now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) as LC-D4-20896.
42k	Miantonomah's (BM-5) 10 inch guns and forward turret.	Photo # det 4a14439 by The Detriot Publishing Company, now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) as LC-D4-20623.
439k	Miantonomah (BM-5) underway circa 1892.	Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress & submitted by Bill Gonyo.
608k	THE MIANTONOMAH (BM-5) A Famous Ship In The Worlds Fair Sea Parade - Origin of its Name	Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo from Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 16 April 1893, MAILABLE EDITION., PART TWO, Image 19, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 02/08/12.
316k	Captain Montgomery Sicard (sitting in middle) commanded the Miantonomah (BM-5) between October 1891 to November 1893. The ships compliment included 12 officers and 136 men. Captain Sicard was relived by Captain Rush R. Wallace.	Photo # det 4a13910 by The Detriot Publishing Company, now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) as LC-D4-20894. Photo submitted by Bill Gonyo.
104k	Bow on view of the Miantonomah (BM-5) in an undated photo.	Photo from National Archives & Record Administration (NARA), Record Group 19-N, Box 33. Courtesy of Dan Treadwell.
566k	Miantonomah (BM-5), circa 1895.	U.S. Navy Photograph by Hudson & Kearns, courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
518k	THE POWERFUL MONITOR MIANTONOMAH (BM-5) PLACED IN COMMISSION YESTERDAY	Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from The Salt Lake Herald-Republican. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 11 March 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
28k	Miantonomah (BM-5) in an undated photo, possibly off Philadelphia, PA.	Courtesy of PAHRC (Philadelphia Archdocesan Historical Research Center),Colin P. Varga, Photography Curator.
530k	The Miantonomah (BM-5), circa April 1898.	Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Inquirer, 10 April 1898 via Tommy Trampp.
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.
72k	Miantonomah (BM-5) drying laundry at the time of the Spanish-American War, 1898. Photo printed on a stereograph card, photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, New Hampshire. The card, which is entitled "The Monster that made the Spanish Quake at Santiago de Cuba", also bears the name of James M. Davis, who may have been a distributor.	Photo # NH 105787 courtesy of the USNHC. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
173k	Circa 1906 postcard of the Miantonomah (BM-5), most likely by Edward H. Mitchell Publishers of San Francisco, CA., probably based on a photo by Enrique Miller.	Photo courtesy of Patricia Mathis.
64k	Photograph taken 2 May 1907, probably off Norfolk, VA. Note four-masted schooners in the background.	Photo from National Archives & Record Administration (NARA), Record Group 19-N, Box 33. Courtesy of Dan Treadwell.
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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