To Honor the Astronaut!
Posted on 10/03/2004 11:18:26 PM PDT by SAMWolf
Today's classic warship, USS Monterey (BM-6)
Monterey class ocean going monitor
Displacement: 4,084 t.
Length: 260' 11"
beam: 59'1/2"
Draft: 14'10"
Speed: Not found
Complement: 190
Armament: 2 12"; 2 10"; various 6 pdrs
The double-turreted Monterey was the first monitor to be laid down for the new steel Navy of the 1880's. Built in San Francisco for service on the Pacific Station she represented an effort to strengthen the force of armored ships in the Pacific. One feature that allowed the Monterey to sail on the open ocean was the provision of large water-ballast tanks which enabled her freeboard to be decreased by flooding prior to action.
Monterey was commissioned in February 1893. She spent her early service years operating along the west coasts of North and South America. During the Spanish-American War, she was sent to the Philippines to reinforce U.S. forces there and participated in the final campaign against Manila. Monterey was one of only two monitors to cross the Pacific.
Following the 1898 war, Monterey was stationed in the Philippines and off China until November 1917, when she was transferred to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She decommissioned there in August 1921 and was sold for scrap the following year.
United States Air Force Heritage, F-16s, B-17 (color), Illustration by Paolo M. Buonsante
WOO HOO, great Flag-o-gram this morning PE!! Thank You.
Good Morning Aeronaut.
Morning alfa6. Thanks for the bump. :-)
Morning Snopercod.
TNT is running it on cable too.
Morning E.G.C.
Foggy morning and we had a small eruption at ST. Helen's last night. Still waiting for the big one.
Is God all-powerful? Yes. Is He able to deliver us from all our problems? Yes. Does God always deliver us from our difficulties? No.
The hardest question to deal with is the third one. That's where Faith kicks in.
1957 USSR launches Sputnik I, the 1st artificial Earth satellite
Those were heady times, when it seemed like the national will and spirit was united behind a common cause. Can we regain that spirit as a nation? I'd like to think so, but sometimes wonder.
I remember those times, you're right, there was a lot less of "diversity and multiculturism" dividing us. More people wanted to be American rather than "insert your group here"-American. I also wonder what it'll take to get out of this "diversity" mode that is killing our national identity.
Dad was on the Tico when they picked up Apollo 17
Cool! He get any personal photos?
Good Morning Feather.
Cool! I'm gonna steal that one. :-)
Okay with me!!
That's where Faith kicks in.
You are correct Sir!
Morning aomagrat.
I thought the monitors went out with the end of the War Between the States. I didn't realize any were launched after that.
Morning PE.
Looks even better in Founding Father size!!
I don't know if that fact is harder to take as a kid or later when you're an adult and know better.
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