![]() The crew is out on a Sunday in 1909 in dress whites.
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Namesake | |
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 |
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Identification |
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Fate | Sold, 26 January 1922 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Arkansas-class monitor |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (mean) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | |
Speed | |
Complement | 13 officers 209 men |
Armament |
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Armor |
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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.