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M4 USS TERROR

Amphitrite Class Monitor: Displacement 3,990 Tons, Dimensions, 263 x 55.5 x 14.5 feet/80.2 x 16.91 x 4.47 meters. Armament 2 dual 10/30, 2 6-pound, 2 3-pound. Armor, 6-14" Belt, 14" barbettes, 8" Turrets, 10 " Conning Tower. Machinery, HC engines, 6 boilers, 2 shafts, 1,600 hp. Speed, 12 Knots, Crew 150 (163-191 wartime).

Operational and Building Data: Built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, PA. Laid down 1874, suspended 1876, resumed 1882, launched 24 March 1883, delivered 1887, transferred to New York Navy Yard for completion, commissioned 15 April 1896. Operated in the north Atlantic, then around Cuba and Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War; bombarded San Juan 12 May 1898. Reduced to commissioned reserve 18 October 1898; decommissioned to reserve 25 February 1899. Recommissioned late 1901 as a training ship at the Naval Academy. Reduced to commissioned reserve 11 September 1905; decommissioned to reserve 8 May 1906.
Fate: Stricken for use as a target ship 31 December 1915, designated Target D. Sold 10 March 1921 but sank off Shooter's Island, NY; raised and scrapped 1930.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
18k	Terror (M-4) on speed trial, 1890-1901.	Photo by Edward H. Hart, # det 4a13988 by The Detriot Publishing Company, now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) as LC-D4-20106.
44k	Terror (M-4) ship's company. 1896-1901.	Photo by Edward H. Hart, # det 4a28315 by The Detriot Publishing Company, now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) as LC-D428-754.
34k	Terror (M-4) being fitted out at Brooklyn Navy Yard, circa 1896-1901.	Photo by Edward H. Hart, # det 4a14744 by The Detriot Publishing Company, now in the archives of the Library of Congress, (LOC) as LC-D4-20981.
41k	Starboard view of the Terror (M-4), photographed by Hart, off New York City, 23 April 1897.	U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 61248.
66k	The Terror (M-4), probably in New York Harbor, circa early 1898. Photographed by C.C. Langill, New York.	U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 105576. Collection of Warren Beltramini, donated by Beryl Beltamini, 2007. Photo added 03/20/08.
57k	View of the Terror (M-4) looking forward with her forecastle awash, while steaming from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 26 July 1898.	U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 47015.
504k	Undated photo of the Terror (M-4) in a warm climate with awning on her deck.	Photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
106k	Postcard drawing of the Terror (M-4) by Enrique Muller, off N.Y. City in 1905.	Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
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.

USS TERROR M-4 History
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