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M-6 USS MONTEREY


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Miantonomoh Class Monitor: Displacement 4,084 Tons, Dimensions, 261 x 59 x 15 feet/79.52 x 18 x 4.52 meters). XArmament 1 dual 12/35, 1 dual 10/30, 6 6-pound. Armor, Harvey & NS: 5-13 inch belt, 11.5-13 inch barbettes, 7.5-8 inch turrets, 10 inch CT. Machinery, VTE engines, 4 boilers, 2 shafts, 5,250 hp. Speed, 11 Knots. Crew, 190 (218 wartime).

Operational and Building Data: Built by Union Iron Works, San Francisco. Laid down 20 December 1889, launched 28 April 1891, commissioned 13 February 1893. Operated along the west coast, then sent to the Philippines for Spanish-American War service, 1898. Reboilered at Hong Kong, 1900. Served on China Station, primarily at Shanghai, 1900-1903. Decommissioned to reserve in the Philippines 15 December 1904. Recommissioned to commissioned reserve 28 September 1907; decommissioned to reserve 7 May 1908 but was again placed in commissioned reserve. Recommissioned to full commission 9 November 1911 and served on China Station through 1913. Decommissioned to reserve 11 February 1913; recommissioned for WWI service mid-1914 but remained mostly inactive. Towed to Pearl Harbor 1917 and served as station ship and submarine tender at Pearl Harbor until decommissioned for disposal 27 August 1921.
Fate: Designation BM 6 assigned 17 July 1920. Sold 25 February 1922; towed to California and scrapped.
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MONTEREY 434k Monterey (BM-6) on the building way at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA in October 1890. Photo found in "Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1890". USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 02/15/08.
MONTEREY 577k Article from "Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1890" covering the changes in armament for the Monterey (BM-6). USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker. Photo added 02/15/08.
MONTEREY 233k Monterey (BM-6) in berth at Mare Island Navy Yard in 1895. The yard's coal sheds are in the background. Other ships are not identified. USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
MONTEREY 45k Monterey (BM-6) in dry dock, 22 April 1896. She was the first ship to use the graving dock at what is now Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash. The ram bow and full body, characteristic of the "New Navy" monitors, can be seen. Photo & text courtesy of "Monitors of the U.S. Navy, 1861-1937", pg 5, by Lt. Richard H. Webber, USNR-R. (LOC) Library of Congress, Catalog Card No. 77-603596.
MONTEREY 104k Monterey (BM-6) at target practice off Port Angeles, Wash. The splash of one of her 12-inch shells may be seen in the right background. Photo & text courtesy of "Monitors of the U.S. Navy, 1861-1937", pg 6, by Lt. Richard H. Webber, USNR-R. (LOC) Library of Congress, Catalog Card No. 77-603596.
MONTEREY 36k Outboard profile of the Monterey (BM-6). Photo & text courtesy of "Monitors of the U.S. Navy, 1861-1937", pg 43, by Lt. Richard H. Webber, USNR-R. (LOC) Library of Congress, Catalog Card No. 77-603596.
MONTEREY 25k A line drawing by A.D. Baker III of the monitor Monterey (BM-6), as completed. Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
MONTEREY 181k Monterey (BM-6) in berth at Mare Island Navy Yard in August 1897. She is south of the yard's coal sheds. USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
MONTEREY 168k Boardside view of Monterey (BM-6) at Mare Island Navy Yard in August 1897. USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
MONTEREY 98k Monterey (BM-6) is seen in dry dock number 1 at Mare Island in 1898. USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
MONTEREY 69k Monterey (BM-6), as seen in 1898. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of 'U.S. Warships of WW1' by Paul Silverstone. Courtesy of Mike Green.
MONTEREY 75k Bow on view of the Monterey (BM-6) in harbor with a steam launch coming alongside, probably at Mare Island USNI / USN photo.
MONTEREY 52k Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, during the 1890s. Copied from the Journal of Naval Cadet C.R. Miller, USN, page 51. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 45702.
MONTEREY 156k Monterey (BM-6) is seen off Mare Island Navy Yard, CA, June 1898, ready for her voyage to the Philippines. The old monitor Camanche is visible beyond Monterey's after turret. USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
MONTEREY 83 Main deck is awash while Monterey (BM-6) is making a full power run, probably during her crossing of the Pacific in August of 1898 to join Dewey's fleet. USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
MONTEREY 285k Post card of the Monterey (BM-6) underway during a typhoon, probably during her crossing of the Pacific in August of 1898 to join Dewey's fleet. USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
MONTEREY 48k Monterey (BM-6) (center) and Charleston (C-2) (right) in Manila Bay, circa 1898-1899. Courtesy of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS, 1967. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 42516.
MONTEREY 56k Stern view of the Monterey (BM-6) while in drydock, in China, circa 1900 - 1904. Photo from the collection of George Henry Snow, courtesy of Mark Kozak.
MONTEREY 68k Stern view of the Monterey (BM-6) while in drydock, in China, circa 1900 - 1904. Photo was probably taken during the summer, note the awning covering her stern section.Photo from the collection of George Henry Snow, courtesy of Mark Kozak.
Piscataqua 72k View of the waterfront at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Island, circa 1914-1916. Ships present are (from left to right):
Monadnock (BM-3),
Monterey (BM-6),
Bainbridge (DD-1),
Decatur (DD-5),
Pampanga(PG-39) and
Piscataqua(AT-49). 		US Navy photo # NH 88559 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Collection of C.A. Shively, 1978.
(NISMF)376kA 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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