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M-10 USS WYOMING

Radio Call Sign: November - Delta - Hotel

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 Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA. Laid down 11 April 1899, launched 8 September 1900, commissioned 8 December 1902. Operated off the west coast and Panama 1902-1904. Overhauled at Puget Sound Navy Yard 22 October 1904 to January 1905. Decommissioned to reserve 29 August 1905. Recommissioned 8 October 1909 to test use of oil-fired boilers. Renamed Cheyenne, 1 January 1909. Reduced to commissioned reserve 8 June 1909; decommissioned to reserve 13 November 1909. Recommissioned to commissioned reserve 11 July 1910 and loaned to the Washington State Naval Militia. Returned to the Navy 1913 and fitted as a submarine tender; recommissioned to full commission 20 August 1913. Decommissioned to reserve 3 January 1920. Designation BM 10, assigned 17 July 1920. Recommissioned 22 September 1920 as a station ship at Baltimore. Redesignated Cheyenne (IX-4), 1 July 1921. Decommissioned to reserve 1 June 1926.
Fate: Stricken for disposal 25 January 1937; sold for scrapping 20 April 1939.
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Wyoming NRTYPE OF THE NEW COAST DEFENSE MONITORS SOON TO BE BUILT.
(From drawings made by the Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy Department.)		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 29 September 1898, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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.
WYOMING121kWyoming (M-10) under construction on Slip Number 3 at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, 30 June 1900. The sign at left identifies the other ships built on this slip, including the U.S. cruisers Charleston (C-2), San Francisco (C-5) and Olympia (C-6); U.S. monitors Monterey (M-6); U.S. "Gunboat No. 14" Wheeling (PG-14); Japanese cruiser Chitose; and the S.S. St. Paul.
The adjacent Slip Number 4 was used to build the U.S. battleship Ohio (BB-12). 		Photograph # 19-N-7-9-3, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
WyomingNRWOMEN OF WYOMING (M-10) TO PRESENT SILVER SERVICE TO MONITOR
New Warship Will Be Launched on Eighth of September.
Daughter of Senator Warren to Christen the Big Fighter.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 26 August 1900, Image 31, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
WyomingNRThe new battleship Wyoming (M-10), to be launched at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, 8 September 1900.Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo by New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 02 September 1900, Page 6, Image 20 courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
WyomingNR"While steam shriked, people cheered and bands played their finest the Wyoming (M-10) slid from the ways into the arms of the sea.
Two Pretty Girls sped the Big Ship on Its Way, One to Release Its Bonds and the Other, to Bathe Its Bow in Foaming Wine. Successful Launching of the New United States Monitor From the Union Iron Works in the Presence of Many Thousand People."		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 09 September 1900, Image 33, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Wyoming430k Launching of the Monitor Wyoming (M-10).Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 23 September 1900, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
WyomingNRLaunching of the Coast Defense Monitor Wyoming (M-10).
First Touch of Water		Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE.
Photo by Omaha Daily Bee.(Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 23 September 1900, THE ILLUSTRATED BEE., Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-9 Wisconsin & Friends118kUnion Iron Works, San Francisco, California Panoramic view of shipways and outfitting area, 1900. Wisconsin (BB-9), is fitting out at left. Ships on the ways are (from left to right):
Paul Jones (DD-10);
Perry (DD-11);
Wyoming (M-10);
Ohio (BB-12); &
S.S. Californian. 		U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 75110. Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1971. The original print is in the Union Iron Works scrapbook, Volume II, page 157.
WYOMING87k Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California,panoramic view of the shipyard waterfront, circa 1901. Wyoming (M-10) is fitting out in the left center. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo, # NH 75293. Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1971. The original print is in the Union Iron Works scrapbook, Volume II, page 157.
WyomingNRIN RAIN SQUALLS AND CHOPPY SEAS WYOMING (M-10) EXCEEDS SPEED CONTRACT
Monitor Just Finished by the Union Iron Works Has Official Trial in Dirty Weather and Acquits Herself Well — She Makes One" Knot More Than Uncle Sam Called For and Will Be Accepted		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 22 October 1902, Image 10, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
WyomingNRMONITOR WYOMING (M-10) AS SEA BOAT GIVES NAVAL BOARD A SURPRISE.
Photographs taken on board the new monitor Wyoming during the recent trial, trip of the coast defense vessel outside the heads of San Francisco Bay, when she exceeded her speed contract.		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 08 November 1902, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
WYOMING66kWyoming (M-10) making 12.4 knots during trials, off San Francisco, California, in October 1902. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo, # NH 75118. Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1971. The original print is in the Union Iron Works scrapbook, Volume II, page 166.
WYOMING54kWyoming (M-10) making 12.4 knots during trials, off San Francisco, California, in October 1902. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo, # NH 75117. Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1971. The original print is in the Union Iron Works scrapbook, Volume II, page 166.
WYOMING83kView on board the Wyoming (M-10) looking forward, showing water coming over her bow while she was running trials off San Francisco, California, in October 1902. Note the ship's twelve-inch gun turret at right. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo,# NH 75119. Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1971. The original print is in the Union Iron Works scrapbook, Volume II, page 166.
WYOMING92kView on board the Wyoming (M-10) looking forward, while she was running trials off San Francisco, California, in October 1902. Note water pouring over her bow bulwark, and men sitting on the twelve-inch gun at right. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo, # NH 75120. Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1971. The original print is in the Union Iron Works scrapbook, Volume II, page 167.
WYOMING108kWyoming (M-10) is seen in the Mare Island channel in 1902. Vallejo, California is in the background. Wyoming was commissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard on 8 December 1902, and indication are that her forward turret was installed at the Navy Yard.USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
Monitors436kWyoming (M-10) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa 1902-1908. Photo from Charles T. Wilder collection courtesy of David Way.
WYOMING165kWyoming (M-10) is seen off Mare Island Navy Yard in February 1903.USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
WYOMING78kWyoming (M-10) in a West Coast harbor, circa 1902-1908. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo, # NH 63141. Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farrenholt, USN (Medical Corps), 1936.
WYOMING107kPostal card published by Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco, California, featuring a color-tinted photograph of Wyoming (M-10) taken circa 1902-1908. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo, # NH 99353-KN. Donated by Parsons (DD-949), 1967.
WYOMING57kWyoming (M-10) moored off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 12 February 1903. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 43870.
WyomingNRUNITED STATES MONITOR WYOMING (M-10) AND THE TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS PAUL JONES (DD-10) AND PREBLE (DD-12) WHICH ARE SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY BACK FROM PANAMA. THEY HAVE LEFT SAN DIEGO AND ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE HERE SOME TIME TODAY. Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 01 June 1904, Image 11, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
WyomingNROVERHAULING THE SEA-FIGHTERS
Monitor Wyoming (M-10) on left & gunboat Bennington at Puget Sound Navy Yard.		Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo by The Seattle Star. (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 21 July 1904, Night Edition, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
WyomingNRUNITED STATES MONITOR WYOMING (M-10), DAMAGED IN ACCIDENT ON PUGET SOUND.Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 17 January 1905, Image 11, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
BB-12 Ohio NR BATTLESHIP OHIO (BB-12) ANNOUNCES APPROACH TO PORT BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY WHILE SIXTY MILES OUT
 Monitor Wyoming (M-10) From Bremerton Is Here for Ammunition.		 Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside;
Photo & text by The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 31 January 1905, Image 11, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
WYOMING83kWyoming's (M-10) officers and crew, 1905. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 60341. Courtesy of the Historical Collection, Union Title Insurance Company, San Diego, California.
WYOMING200kThis is actually a photo of the construction of dry dock #2 at Mare Island taken on 16 August 1905. Note the hard hat diver working on the dykes around the future dry dock. In the background the large funnel belongs to the Wyoming (M-10) in dry dock #1 and aft of Wyoming is the decommissioning Auxiliary Cruiser Buffalo (AD-8).MINSY photo # 507-8-05,courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
WYOMING232k How to remove a turret from a monitor photos. The 1905 Report to the Secretary of Navy states that the turret of the ship was removed to re-machining - this would level the roller path. Gun mounts train a lot better with a good roller path. Mare Island didn't have a large enough crane to remove the turret from the ship and it was therefore placed on the bow of the ship while work was going on.
One of Wyoming's (M-10) 12" guns is being lifted by Mare Island's 100 ton stiff leg crane on 23 August 1905 looking forward. The Lawton is forward of Wyoming. 		MINSY photo # 518-8-05,courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
WYOMING193kOne of Wyoming's (M-10) 12" guns is being lifted by Mare Island's 100 ton stiff leg crane on 23 August 1905 looking aft. MINSY photo # 519-8-05,courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
WYOMING156kOne of Wyoming's (M-10) 12" guns is being lifted by Mare Island's 100 ton stiff leg crane on 23 August 1905 looking aft. MINSY photo # 520-8-05,courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
WYOMING238kShipyard workers are rigging the 12" turret of Wyoming's (M-10) 12" for removal at Mare Island on 23 August 1905. MINSY photo # 529-8-05,courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
WYOMING199kThe turret is free of her barbette and is secured to the deck of Wyoming (M-10) at Mare Island on 23 August 1905 looking aft. MINSY photo # 531-8-05,courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
WYOMING213kThe turret is free of her barbette and is secured to the deck of Wyoming(M-10) at Mare Island on 23 August 1905 looking forward. MINSY photo # 532-8-05,courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
WYOMING232kStern view of Wyoming (M-10) with the Tug Active outboard and Mare Island Pile Drive #2 in the foreground on 4/7/1906. The photo is actually of the pile driver involved in the construction of the yard's dry dock #2. MINSY photo # 638-4-1906,courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
WYOMING260kStern view of Charleston (C-22) at her berth at Mare Island on 7 November 1906. Ship forward of Charleston is Boston (IX-2) and Wyoming (M-10) is in the channel passing astern of her. MINSY # 752-10-1906, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
SHIPS NR SHIPS SAN FRANCISCO HAS ADDED TO THE NAVY.
Gunboats: Wheeling (PG-14) & Marietta (PG-15),
Cruisers: Charleston (C-2) & San Francisco (C-5),
Armored Cruisers: South Dakota (ACR-9), Milwaukee (C-21), California (ACR-6),
Battleships: Oregon (BB-3), Wisconsin (BB-9) & Ohio (BB-12),
Destroyers: Preble (DD-12), Perry (DD-11) & Paul Jones (DD-10)
Torpedo Boat: Farragut (TB-11),
Monitors: Wyoming (BM-10) & Monterey (BM-6)
Submarines: Pike (SS-6) and Grampus (SS-4). 		Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 26 April 1908, Image 8, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
WYOMING181kWyoming (M-10) at Mare Island on 21 October 1908. The photo is actual of the horse and wagon but the Wyoming was luckily in the background.
Text of photo rerads "Dept. Sanitation eng. hauling to buildings #69 & #71. 		USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
WYOMING851kWyoming (M-10) in San Diego bay, circa 1908.Photo courtesy of L.G. Bates via Stephen Haynes.
WYOMING 699k Navy Men Roused by Explosions On the Hopkins (DD-6) and on Other Vessels.Image and text provided by Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH.
Photo courtesy of The Marion Daily Mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 18 February 1910, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
WYOMING82kCheyenne (M-10) moored off Bremerton, Washington, while serving as a training ship for the Washington State Naval Militia, circa 1910-1913. The original is a screened sepia-toned image, printed on a contempory postal card. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 55116-KN.
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wyoming1018		 1.15k The monitor Cheyenne (M-10), ex-(Wyoming) entered the Puget Sound Navy Yard early in February 1913, and was fitted out as a submarine tender over the ensuing months. She appears here on 1 June 1913 in Dry Dock No. 2, looking south. Cheyenne and Milwaukee (C-21) in dock.Photo courtesy of upload.wikimedia.org
WYOMING118kCheyenne (M-10) with H-3 (SS-30), H-1 (SS-28) and H-2 (SS-29), alongside, probably at San Diego, California, circa 1914-1917. Note the submarines' 13-star "boat" flags, and the numbers "23", "21" and "22", on their periscope housings.
The first digit of these numbers represents the Second Torpedo Flotilla, to which they were assigned. The second digit represents the individual submarine's name. Also note the Sailor seated on Cheyenne's port anchor. 		U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 76004. Courtesy of the Historical Collection, Union Title Insurance Company, San Diego, California.
WYOMING422kCheyenne (M-10) at anchor in a West Coast harbor, circa 1916. Photo from Charles T. Wilder collection courtesy of David Way.
WYOMING69kA volunteer boat crew leaving Cheyenne (M-10) to attempt to assist H-3 (SS-30), soon after the latter had run ashore on Samoa Beach, near Eureka, California, in mid-December 1916. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 99323. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Donald M. McPherson.
WYOMING269k Cheyenne (M-10) with submarines of 2d SUB Div, Pacific Torpedo Flotilla. The flotilla was made-up of submarine H-1 (SS-28), H-2 (SS-29), and H-3 (SS-30). Circa 1915-1916, and location of either Bremerton or Post Angeles, Washington. Wyoming was converted to a submarine tender in 1913 and DANFS write-up on the four ships indicate that they were operating together in the Washington area. USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
WYOMING75kCheyenne (M-10), in a West Coast port prior to World War I, while serving as a submarine tender. H-2 (SS-29) and H-1 (SS-28) are tied up alongside. All three ships are dressed with flags, probably for a holiday. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 92168. Collection of Thomas P. Naughton, 1973.
WYOMING62kCheyenne (M-10) with a submarine alongside, circa 1918-1919. The submarine is probably one of the Division 3 boats tended by Cheyenne: K-3 (SS-34), K-4 (SS-35), K-7 (SS-38) or K-8 (SS-39). Location may be Key West, Florida. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 45436.
WYOMING310kOriginal Caption: Key West Naval Station, Key West, Florida. Scene: Submarines in Gulf of Mexico.
 Cheyenne (M-10) with portions of Naval Station showing submarines K-4 (SS-35), K-3 (SS-34), & H-1 (SS-28), 5 March 1918. 		Photo by Lt. H.P. Kingsmore.
National Archives Identifier: 55174006
Local Identifier: 111-SC-006596.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
WYOMING54kCheyenne (M-10) with a submarine in the foreground, circa 1918-1919. The submarine is probably one of the Division 3 boats tended by Cheyenne:
K-3 (SS-34), K-4 (SS-35), K-7 (SS-38) or K-8 (SS-39). Location may be Key West, Florida. 		U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 45435.
WYOMING49kCheyenne (M-10) with a submarine in the foreground, circa 1918-1919. The submarine is probably one of the Division 3 boats tended by Cheyenne:
H-1 (SS-28), H-2 (SS-29), F-3 (SS-22) and H-3 (SS-30).		U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 101606. Courtesy of H.R.("Ed") Coffer, 1986.
S-12 120k Cheyenne (IX-4), inboard at left; S-12 (SS-117), outboard at left; and Dale (DD-290) at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 14 June 1926, during the National Sesquicentennial exhibit there. The small boat and Sailor, in the foreground, are on life-saving service to protect exhibit visitors. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph NH 55117. Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN.
WYOMING74kLaid up with submarines and destroyers, in the Philadelphia Navy Yard Reserve Basin, 1938. Cheyenne (IX-4) had been stricken from the Navy list the previous year and was awaiting disposal. U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 60287-A.
(NISMF)376kA 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 December 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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