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M-6 USS MONTEREY

Radio Call Sign: November - Kilo - November

Info courtesy of hazegray.org.
Monterey Class Monitor: Displacement 4,084 Tons, Dimensions, 261 x 59 x 15 feet/79.52 x 18 x 4.52 meters). Armament 1 dual "12/35", 1 dual "10/30"", 6 6-pound. Armor, Harvey & NS: 5-13 inch belt, 11.5-13 inch barbettes, 7.5-8 inch turrets, 10 inch CT. Machinery, VTE engines, 4 boilers, 2 shafts, 5,250 hp. Speed, 11 Knots. Crew, 190 (218 wartime).

Operational and Building Data: Built by Union Iron Works, San Francisco. Laid down 20 December 1889, launched 28 April 1891, commissioned 13 February 1893. Operated along the west coast, then sent to the Philippines for Spanish-American War service, 1898. Reboilered at Hong Kong, 1900. Served on China Station, primarily at Shanghai, 1900-1903. Decommissioned to reserve in the Philippines 15 December 1904. Recommissioned to commissioned reserve 28 September 1907; decommissioned to reserve 7 May 1908 but was again placed in commissioned reserve. Recommissioned to full commission 9 November 1911 and served on China Station through 1913. Decommissioned to reserve 11 February 1913; recommissioned for WWI service mid-1914 but remained mostly inactive. Towed to Pearl Harbor 1917 and served as station ship and submarine tender at Pearl Harbor until decommissioned for disposal 27 August 1921.
Fate: Designation BM 6 assigned 17 July 1920. Sold 25 February 1922; towed to California and scrapped.

Click On Image For Full Size	Size	Image Description	Source
	434k	Monterey (BM-6) on the building way at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA in October 1890. Photo found in "Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1890".	USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	577k	Article from "Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1890" covering the changes in armament for the Monterey (BM-6).	USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	NR	A HUGE COAST DEFENSE VESSEL. The latest of the marine engines of war will be on the model of the Monterey (BM-6), all its features, however, being heavier than anything yet floated, at least in the American navy.	Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo courtesy of The Morning Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 11 January 1891, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
monterey638	3.88k	Monterey (BM-6) Booklet of General Plans - Booklet of General Plans - Main Deck / Berth Deck / Hold / Inner Bottom / Midship Section / Cross Sections	National Archives 167817928: Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
monteey639	4.47k	Monterey (BM-6) Booklet of General Plans - General Information / Outboard Profile / Inboard Profile / Superstructure Deck. Boat Deck & Bridges.	National Archives 167817926: Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
	894k	A McDonald photo of Monterey (BM-6), circa 1893.	Photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	168k	Starboard broadside of the Monterey (BM-6) underway sometime between 1893 and 1901 at an unknown location.	Library of Congress photo # LC-D4-20042, courtesy of Mike Green.
	739k	Monterey (BM-6) in berth at Mare Island Navy Yard in 1895. The yard's coal sheds are in the background. Other ships are not identified.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	1.23k	A view of the Mare Island Navy Yard waterfront in 1895. From bottom to top the ships present are the incomplete Monadnock (BM-3), the ferry *Ellen, Monterey* (BM-6), *Albatross, Marion* and *Ranger. The deck house is under construction of the Monadnock*.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	NR	*STEEL UNITED STATES COAST DEFENSE VESSEL MONITOR TYPE MONTEREY* (BM-6)**	Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX. Photo courtesy of The Bryan Daily Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 04 February 1896, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	45k	Monterey (BM-6) in dry dock, 22 April 1896. She was the first ship to use the graving dock at what is now Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash. The ram bow and full body, characteristic of the "New Navy" monitors, can be seen.	Photo & text courtesy of "Monitors of the U.S. Navy, 1861-1937", pg 5, by Lt. Richard H. Webber, USNR-R. (LOC) Library of Congress, Catalog Card No. 77-603596.
	104k	Monterey (BM-6) at target practice off Port Angeles, Wash. The splash of one of her 12-inch shells may be seen in the right background.	Photo & text courtesy of "Monitors of the U.S. Navy, 1861-1937", pg 6, by Lt. Richard H. Webber, USNR-R. (LOC) Library of Congress, Catalog Card No. 77-603596.
	36k	Outboard profile of the Monterey (BM-6).	Photo & text courtesy of "Monitors of the U.S. Navy, 1861-1937", pg 43, by Lt. Richard H. Webber, USNR-R. (LOC) Library of Congress, Catalog Card No. 77-603596.
	221k	A line drawing of the monitor Monterey (BM-6) as completed.	Photo courtesy of Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, collection of Robb Jensen.
	NR	SAN FRANCISCO IS WELL PROTECTED. It is many a long day since so many warships have been bunched in the bay at one time. Early yesterday morning there could be seen from Folsom-street wharf the old monitor *Camanche, the gunboat Bennington, the sloop-of-war Alert, the coast-defense steamers Monterey* (BM-6) and Monadnock (BM-3) and the two new gunboats *Wheeling* and *Marietta*.	Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 26 May 1897, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	181k	Monterey (BM-6) in berth at Mare Island Navy Yard in August 1897. She is south of the yard's coal sheds.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	168k	Broadside view of Monterey (BM-6) at Mare Island Navy Yard in August 1897.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	NR	SCENE IN THE STREAM OFF THE MARE ISLAND NAVY-YARD. Either the Monterey (BM-6) and Monadnock (BM-3) appear among the ships here.	Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 25 September 1897, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	98k	Monterey (BM-6) is seen in dry dock number 1 at Mare Island in 1898.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	1.26k	Photo of Monterey (BM-6) in drydock & drawing of same minus the water.	Photo courtesy of David Wright. Insert photo from the Scientific Amerian Magazine of 1898 Supplement, courtesy of David Upton.
	625k	Morning drill on the Monterey (BM-6), aft, circa 1898.	Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
	214k	Officers of the Monterey (BM-6) (reinforcements for Dewey).	1898 Underwood Stereoview Photograph. Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
	75k	Stern view of the Monterey (BM-6) in harbor with a steam launch coming alongside, probably at Mare Island.	USNI / USN photo. Photo i.d. courtesy of Ed Cleary.
	988k	The forward turret of the Monterey (BM-6) is slightly depressed, circa 1898.	Photo from The American Navy with Introduction and Descriptive Text - Reproductions of Photographs - Belford, Middlebrook & Co. - Chicago, 1898, submitted by Thomas Becher.
	NR	WAR PAINT FOR THE MONITORS.	Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 23 April 1898, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	Monterey (BM-6) Ordered to Join Dewey's Fleet. SOON TO BE SLIPPED ON THE SPANIARDS. THE POWERFUL COAST-DEFENSE MONITOR *MONTEREY*, Ordered to Proceed to Manila to Re-enforce Admiral Dewey's Fleet.	Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 22 May 1898, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	*THE POWERFUL COAST DEFENSE MONITOR MONTEREY* (BM-6), TO BE TOWED TO MANILA.**	Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo courtesy of The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 28 May 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	677k	OUR NAVY AS IT IS TODAY 1. Monadnock (BM-3) . 2. Petrel. 3. Puritan (BM-1) . 4. Concord. 5. Wilmington. 6. Amphitrite (BM-2) . 7. *Ajax. 8. Machias. 9. Cincinnati. 10. Marblehead. 1 1. Montgomery. 12. Minneapolis. 13. Kearsarge* (BB-5). 14. Kentucky (BB-6). 15. Bancroft. 16. Dolphin. 17. Vesuvius. 18. Raleigh. 19. Indiana (BB-1). 20. Iowa (BB-4). 21. Olympia. 22. Terror (M-4). 23. *Catskill* . 24. Miantonomah (BM-5). 25. Gustine. 26. Yorktown. 27. *Texas. 28. Helena. 29. Massachusetts* (BB-2). 30. Columbia. 31. New Orleans, 32. San Francisco. 33. *Canonicus* . 34. *Camanche* . 35. Monterey (BM-6). 36. Brooklyn. 37. Detroit 38. Atlanta. 39. Alabama (BB-8). 40. Albany. 41. Baltimore. 42. Chicago. 43. Newark, 44. Boston. 45. Charleston. 46. Oregon (BB-3). 47. New York. 48. *Manhattan. 49. Philadelphia. 50. Lehigh*. And Torpedo Boats. Drawn by "W. A. Verhas.	Image and text provided by University of Tennessee. Photo by The Maryville Times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 28 May 1898, Image 3, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	*RUSHING THE CRUISER PHILADELPHIA* (C-4) INTO COMMISSION.** The monitor Monterey (BM-6) was in the drydock at the time the picture was taken, and her mast and fighting top can be seen above the top of the caisson.	Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 03 June 1898, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	*THE MONTEREY* (BM-6) WILL BE HARD TO HIT WHEN GOING INTO BATTLE.**	Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN. Photo courtesy of The Appeal. (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1889-19??, 04 June 1898, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	THE FLEET THAT WILL RUSH MEN TO REINFORCE DEWEY.	Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo courtesy of The Herald. (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 05 June 1898, Image 1 & The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 19 June 1898, Image 22 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	SHIPS SAIL FROM GOLDEN GATE FOR MANILA The United States coast defense steamer Monterey (BM-6) and the coal ship *Brutus* sailed for Manila yesterday. It was expected that they would get away early in the morning, but the coils of the distiller were not put aboard as soon as expected, so it was 1:30 p.m. before the vessels departed. Passing along the front almost every steamer in the bay saluted them and all the flags were dipped in good-by. The first stop will be at Honolulu, where the *Monterey* will recoal. She will then probably proceed in tow of the *Brutus* or she may go along under her own steam and run in under the lee of one of the many islands on the way to Manila and recoal from the cargo in the hold of the *Brutus. It is expected that the Monterey* and *Brutus* will make the passage in about thirty days.	Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside. Photo courtesy of The San Francisco Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 08 June 1898, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
	NR	TARANTULAS OF OUR NAVY Uncle Sams Monitors Are Slow Going Creepy Monsters, but Their Sting Means Practical Annihilation to the Enemy's Ships The Powerful Monterey (BM-6) Which Will Reinforce Admiral Dewey's Fleet in the Philippines	Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA. Photo courtesy of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 12 June 1898, Image 21, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	469k	Main deck is awash while Monterey (BM-6) is making a full power run, probably during her crossing of the Pacific in August of 1898 to join Dewey's fleet.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	285k	Post card of the Monterey (BM-6) underway during a typhoon, probably during her crossing of the Pacific in August of 1898 to join Dewey's fleet.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	853k	A photo of the southern section of Mare Island in November 1898. Ship at the quay wall (left) is *Pensacola* service as a training ship. The yard's receiving ship *Independence* is seen below the boom of the 40 ton dry dock rail crane. The Monterey (BM-6) is dry dock number 1. The shed below the 40 ton crane is the winch for the marine railway.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
	56k	Stern view of the Monterey (BM-6) while in drydock, in China, circa 1900 - 1904.	Photo from the collection of George Henry Snow, courtesy of Mark Kozak.
	68k	Stern view of the Monterey (BM-6) while in drydock, in China, circa 1900 - 1904. Photo was probably taken during the summer, note the awning covering her stern section.	Photo from the collection of George Henry Snow, courtesy of Mark Kozak.
	48k	Captain Franklin Jeremiah Drake was the commanding officer of the Monterey (BM-6) from 1901 to 1903. His assignment was to cruise the Chinese coastline and sail up the Yang-tse River protecting American citizens and commercial interests of the United States. During Chinese New Year in January 1903, as senior officer, succeeded in suppressing, by prompt measures, an uprising of 5,000 armed rebels who had entered old Canton in disguise for the purpose of massacre the Viceroy and other Manchurian officials in power.	Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
	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.
	113k	Commander Jehu Valentine Chase was the Commanding Officer of the Monterey (BM-6) from 1912 to 1913.	Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
	561k	OUR OBSOLETE FLEET THAT COST NEARLY $130,000,000 Pictured are the Indiana (BB-1), Iowa (BB-4) & Monterey (BM-6).	Image and text provided by Oklahoma Historical Society. Photo courtesy of Farmers' Champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 25 September 1913, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	NR	BEATTY IS FRIEND TO YOUNG OFFICRS Took Monitor Monterey (BM-6) Across Pacific to Join Dewey in Manila Bay	Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo courtesy of Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 04 May 1914, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	72k	View of the waterfront at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Island, circa 1914-1916. Ships present are (from left to right): Monadnock (BM-3), Monterey (BM-6), Bainbridge (DD-1), Decatur (DD-5), Pampanga (PG-39) and Piscataqua (AT-49).	USN photo # NH 88559 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Collection of C.A. Shively, 1978.
	NR	A Plea for the Monitor in Coast Defence *Tallahassee, ex-Florida* (M-9). Pictured also are the *Canonicus, Amphitrite* (BM-2), & Monterey (BM-6).	Image and text provided by West Virginia University Photo courtesy of The Sunday Telegram. (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 19 March 1916, THIRD SECTION, Image 27, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	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 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.