USS Miantonomoh (BM-5)
The second USS Miantonomoh, an iron‑hulled, twin‑screw, double‑turreted monitor of the Amphitrite class; on June 23, 1874 by order of President Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of Navy George M. Robeson in response to the Virginius Incident was laid down (scrapped and rebuilt) contracted by John Roach & Son of Chester, Pennsylvania; launched 5 December 1876; and commissioned in an uncompleted condition on 6 October 1882, Commander Francis J. Higginson in command.
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USS Miantonomoh (BM-5)
The second USS Miantonomoh, an iron‑hulled, twin‑screw, double‑turreted monitor of the Amphitrite class; on June 23, 1874 by order of President Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of Navy George M. Robeson in response to the Virginius Incident was laid down (scrapped and rebuilt) contracted by John Roach & Son of Chester, Pennsylvania; launched 5 December 1876; and commissioned in an uncompleted condition on 6 October 1882, Commander Francis J. Higginson in command.
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The second USS Miantonomoh, an ...... ancis J. Higginson in command.
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commissioning date
1882-10-06
decommissioning date
1883-03-13
1895-11-20
1899-03-08
1907-12-21
length (μ)
8.01624e+1
order date
1874-06-23
recommissioning date
1891-10-27
1898-03-10
1907-04-09
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ship launched
1876-12-05
status
Sold for scrapping 26 January 1922
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top speed (kmh)
1.96312e+1
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Ship armament
*2 × /31 caliber breechloader ...... × rifles
*2 × 6-pounder guns
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Ship laid down
Ship namesake
Miantonomoh , a chief of the Narragansett people
Ship propulsion
Steam engine, 2 screws
Ship struck
1915-12-31
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