Amphitrite Class Monitor (1876)

The United States completed four Amphitrite Class Monitors after an exceedingly slow build, in the 1890s.

Overview of four vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Hull No.	Builders	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
Amphitrite	BM-2	Harlan & Hollingsworth Norfolk NYd	1874	7 June, 1883	23 April, 1895	Sold 3 January, 1920
Monadnock	BM-3	Continental I.W. Mare Island NYd	15 January, 1875	19 September, 1883	20 February, 1896	Sold 24 August, 1923
Terror	BM-4	Cramp New York NYd	1874	24 March, 1883	15 April, 1896	Sold 10 March, 1921
Miantonomoh	BM-5	John Roach New York NYd	1874	5 December, 1876	27 October, 1891	Sold 26 January, 1922

Armament

Guns

As Built

• four 10-inch/30 caliber (Miantonomoh two 10-inch/30 caliber and 10-inch/35 caliber)
• two 4-inch/40 caliber (Amphitrite and Monadnock only)
• four 6-pounder
• two 3-pounders

Torpedoes

• nil

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Allen, Francis J. (1983). Roberts, John. ed. "The US Monitors Part 1". Warship Volume VII: pp. 55-59.
• Allen, Francis J. (1983). Roberts, John. ed. "The US Monitors Part 2". Warship Volume VII: pp. 134-140.
• Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
• Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-715-1. (on Amazon.com).
• Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.