USS Tonopah (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 (M-8), January 1901 Tonopah (M-8), 2 March 1909 Tonopah (BM-8), 17 July 1920
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 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. The total cost for the hull, machinery, armor and armament was $1,851,313.22.

The Arkansas-class monitors had been designed to combine a heavy striking power with easy concealment and negligible target area. They had a displacement of 3,225 long tons (3,277 t; 3,612 short tons), measured 255 feet 1 inch (77.75 m) in overall length, with a beam of 50 feet 1 inch (15.27 m) and a draft of 12 feet 6 inches (3.81 m). She was manned by a total crew of 13 officers and 209 men.

Nevada was powered by two vertical triple expansion engines driving two screw propellers with steam generated by four Niclausse boilers. The engines in Nevada were designed to produce 2,400 indicated horsepower (1,800 kW) with a top speed of 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph), however, on sea trials she was only able to produce 1,970 ihp (1,470 kW) but with a top speed of 13.04 kn (24.15 km/h; 15.01 mph).Nevada was designed to provide a range of 2,360 nautical miles (4,370 km; 2,720 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph).