U.S.S. Tonopah (1900)

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U.S.S. Tonopah (1900)
Hull Number: BM-8
Builder: Bath Iron Works[1]
Ordered: Act of 4 May, 1898[2]
Laid down: 17 Apr, 1899[3]
Launched: 20 Nov, 1900[4]
Commissioned: 5 Mar, 1903[5]
Decommissioned: 21 Oct, 1919[6]
Sold: 26 Jan, 1922[7]
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Nevada was a single-turreted monitor, one of the last monitors built for the U.S. Navy.

She was commissioned on 5 March, 1903 under Commander Thomas B. Howard. She was renamed U.S.S. Tonopah on 2 March, 1909.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 147.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
  4. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 18.
  7. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 422.
  8. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
  9. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
  10. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
  11. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 14.
  12. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 42.

Bibliography


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