USS Nevada (BM-8)

The crew is out on a Sunday in 1909 in dress whites.
History
United States
Name	Connecticut (1899-1901) Nevada (1901-1909) Tonopah (1909-1922)
Namesake	The State of Connecticut The State of Nevada Tonopah, Nevada
Ordered	4 May 1898
Awarded	19 October 1898
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Cost	$1,851,313.22
Laid down	17 April 1899
Launched	24 November 1900
Commissioned	5 March 1903
Decommissioned	1 July 1920
Renamed	Nevada, January 1901 Tonopah, 2 March 1909
Identification	Hull symbol:M-8 Hull Symbol:BM-8, 17 July 1920
Fate	Sold, 26 January 1922
General characteristics
Type	Arkansas-class monitor
Displacement	3,225 long tons (3,277 t) (standard) 3,356 long tons (3,410 t) (full load)
Length	255 feet 1 inch (77.75 m) (overall) 252 ft (77 m) (waterline)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (mean)
Installed power	4 × Niclausse boilers 2,400 indicated horsepower (1,800 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Vertical triple expansion engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) (design) 13.04 kn (24.15 km/h; 15.01 mph) (on trial)
Complement	13 officers 209 men
Armament	2 × 12 in (305 mm)/40 caliber breech-loading rifles (1×2) 4 × 4 in (102 mm)/40 cal guns (4×1) 3 × 6-pounder 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
Armor	Harvey armor Side belt: 11–5 in (280–130 mm) Barbette: 11–9 in (280–230 mm) Gun turret: 10–9 in (250–230 mm) Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) Conning tower: 8 in (200 mm)

The first USS Nevada, a monitor, was ordered on 4 May 1898. She was awarded to the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine on 19 October 1898^[1] and laid down as Connecticut, 17 April 1899. Connecticut was launched 24 November 1900; sponsored by Miss Grace Boutelle; renamed Nevada, January 1901; and commissioned on 5 March 1903, Commander Thomas B. Howard in command.^[2] The total cost for the hull, machinery, armor and armament was $1,851,313.22.^[3]

Nevada was renamed Tonopah in 1909 to free up the name for a new battleship.