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USS Amphitrite (BM-2)
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The second USS Amphitrite—the lead ship in her class of iron-hulled, twin-screw monitors—was laid down, on June 23, 1874, by order of President Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of Navy George M. Robeson a
The USS Amphitrite moored at the Boston Navy Yard.
The USS Amphitrite moored at the Boston Navy Yard.
Color postcard from 1897
Color postcard from 1897
Amphitrite after conversion to a hotel.
Amphitrite after conversion to a hotel.
Monitor (warship)
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A monitor is a type of small warship that is neither fast nor strongly armored but carries disproportionately large guns. Monitors were used by some navies from the 1860s, during the First World War a
USS Amphitrite (BM-2)
…The second USS Amphitrite—the lead ship in her class of iron-hulled, twin-screw monitors—was laid down (dismantled and reconstructed), on June 23, 1874, by order of President Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of Navy George M. Robeson at Wilmington…
USS Monitor, the first monitor (1861)
USS Monitor, the first monitor (1861)
HMS Marshal Ney used a surplus 15-inch gun battleship turret.
HMS Marshal Ney used a surplus 15-inch gun battleship turret.
Officers of a Union monitor, probably USS Sangamon, photographed during the American Civil War
Officers of a Union monitor, probably USS Sangamon, photographed during the American Civil War
Huáscar anchored in the harbour at Talcahuano
Huáscar anchored in the harbour at Talcahuano