MONTEREY BM 6

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Miantonomoh Class Monitor
Keel Laid December 20 1889 - Launched April 28 1891


1. USS MONTEREY (Monitor)
Commissioned February 13 1893 - Decommissioned to reserve December 15 1904
Recommissioned to reserve September 28 1907 - Decommissioned to reserve May 7 1908
Returned to commissioned reserve
Recommissioned (Full) November 9 1911 - Decommissioned to reserve February 11 1913
Recommissioned 1914
Towed to Pearl Harbor 1917
Served as Station Ship and Submarine Tender
Decommissioned August 27 1921


2. MONTEREY BM-6
Designation BM-6 assigned July 17 1920, while in reserve
Sold February 25 1922

Towed to California and scrapped

Naval Covers

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1. USS Monterey (Monitor No. 6) Covers Page 1     (1909-1913)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning February 13 1893 to December 15 1904

 

USPO Duplex No. 1 Cancel "Mil. Sta. No. 2 Cavite" PHIL ISL'D

1899-04-30

N/A

Sailor's mail

 

USPO Duplex No. 1 Cancel "Mil. Sta. No. 2 Cavite" PHIL ISL'D

1899-07-20

N/A

"USS MONTEREY / Sailor's Letter / Commanding Officer" marking upper left corner.

 

Duplex Postmark CAVITE CAVITE P.I.

1909-07-06

Note:

 

Locy Type 1u

1910-12-10

Stationed at Olongapo Philippines at this time. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson Collection.

 

Locy Type 2

1913-03-02

Stationed at Olongapo Philippines at this time. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson Collection.

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Non-Postal Marking

 

Locy Type RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R2

1909-06-30

Unrecorded marking in the USCS Postmark Catalog. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson Collection.

 

Other Information

The ship sponsor was Miss Kate C. Gunn.

Six ships of the US Navy have borne the name MONTEREY - USS Monterey (Screw Tug 1862), USS Monterey BM-6, USS Monterey CVL-26, USS Monterey CG-61, (USAT) Monterey (Troop Transport 1941-Matson Lines) and (USAT) Monterey (Troop Transport 1942-New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company).

 

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