U.S.S. Puritan (1882)
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| U.S.S. Puritan (1882) | |
|---|---|
| Hull Number: | BM-1 |
| Builder: | John Roach New York NYd[1] |
| Ordered: | 23 June, 1874[2] |
| Laid down: | 1875[3] |
| Launched: | 6 December, 1882[4] |
| Commissioned: | 10 December, 1896[5] |
| Decommissioned: | 23 April, 1910[6] |
| Stricken: | 27 February, 1918[7] |
| Sold: | 26 January, 1922[8] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
U.S.S. Puritan was a monitor completed for the United States Navy in 1896.
Construction
Service
Armament
Guns
As Built[9]
- four 12-inch/35 caliber
- six 4-inch/40 caliber
- six 6-pounders
Torpedoes
- nil
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Purnell F. Harrington, 15 April, 1896[10] – 17 June, 1898[11]
- Captain Frederick Rodgers, 18 June, 1898[12] – October, 1898
- Commander Albert G. Berry, 10 December, 1901[13]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 115.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 17.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 451.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
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.
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