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M-8 USS NEVADA


Arkansas Class Monitor: Displacement 3,225 tons. Dimensions, 255 x 50 x 12.5 feet/77.75 x 15.24 x 3.81 meters. Armament 1 dual 12/40, 4 single 4/50, 3 6-pound. Armor, Harvey: 5-11 inch belt, 9-11 inch barbettes, 9-10 inch turrets, 7.5 inch CT. Machinery, VTE engines, 4 boilers, 2 shafts, 2,400 hp, Speed, 12.5 Knots, Crew 220.

Operational and Building Data: Built by Bath Iron Works, ME. Laid down 17 April 1899, launched as Connecticut on 24 November 1900, renamed Nevada 1, 1901, commissioned 5 March 1903. Renamed Tonopah on 2 March 1909. Operated as a submarine tender, probably starting circa 1913-1914; was based at Bermuda, Azores and Lisbon, Portugal at various times. Decommissioned for disposal 1/1919.
Fate: Decommissioned for disposal 1/1919. Designation BM 8 assigned 17 July 1920. Sold for scrapping 26 January 1922.

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Monitors177k"U.S. Monitors Arkansas (M-7), Connecticut (M-8), Florida (M-9) and Wyoming (M-10)".
Pen and ink side elevation and plan view, by the Bureau of Construction and Repair. These monitors (numbers 7-10, respectively) were built under the 1898 ship construction program. Connecticut was renamed Nevada in January 1901, after launching but more than two years before completion.
U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 61879.
Holland 71k Holland (SS-01), at the US Naval Acadamy, 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. Photo added 05/03/09.
NEVADA 69k Underway, starboard view circa 1903-09, location unknown. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Andrew Toppan / Hazegray & Underway.
PURITAN, NEVADA & FLORIDA 58k The monitors (front to back, left side) Puritan (BM-1), Nevada (M-8), & Florida (M-9) with the cruisers (front to back, right side) Denver (C-14), Cleveland (C-19), & Tacoma(C-18), steam in line abreast, circa probably mid-late 1900's. USNI / USN photo.
NEVADA 66k The crew of the Tonopah (M-8) dressed in whites in 1909, while the ship was at anchor, probably on a Sunday. USNI / USN photo.
NEVADA 73k Tonopah (M-8) heading out to sea, circa 1914? Originally laid down as Connecticut, she was renamed Nevada to avoid confusion with the pre-dreadnought battleship. She was again renamed in March, 1909 to Tonopah. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of 'U.S. Warships of WW1' by Paul Silverstone. Courtesy of Mike Green.
BB-17 Rhode Island84k"Eager crowds viewing the submarines at the foot of 135TH street with the Rhode Island (BB-17) in mid stream."
The submarine tender is either the Arkansas (M-7), Tonopah (M-8) or Florida (M-9).
Photo by H.H. Russell, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 16 May 1915, Page 1.
 Tonopah, L 9 & 11 96k View on the Tonopah's (M-8) foredeck, showing 12" guns and crewmen, taken while she was serving as submarine tender at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, circa 1917. Submarines alongside are L-11 (SS-51) and L-9 (SS-49). Note the workbench, with vise attached, in the left foreground.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 45438.
NEVADA 65k A Mackay style camouflage Tonopah (M-8) taken while she was serving as submarine tender at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 21 December 1917. The submarine alongside is probably an early L-boat; L-1 (SS-41) or L-4 (SS-45). (Note the misspelling in the caption). U.S. Navy photo courtesy of National Park Service, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS cat. no. BOSTS-14445, submitted by Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard. Photo i.d. courtesy of Aryeh Wetherhorn.
NEVADA 64k Tonopah (M-8) in the harbour at Ponta Delgada, Azores, in April 1918. She is painted in what appears to be Mackay type camouflage. Photo taken from Margaret (SP-527) by Raymond D. Borden. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 42515, submitted by Robert Hurst.
NEVADA 344k Post card of the Nevada (M-8), date and place unknown. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker
(NISMF)371kA 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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