USS Wyoming (BM-10)
USS Wyoming
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| Ordered: | 4 May 1898 |
| Awarded: | 5 October 1898 |
| Builder: | Union Iron Works, San Francisco |
| Cost: | $1,624,270.59 |
| Laid down: | 11 April 1899 |
| Launched: | 8 September 1900 |
| Commissioned: | 8 December 1902 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 June 1926 |
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| Struck: | 25 January 1937 |
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| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 20 April 1939 |
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| Type: | Arkansas-class monitor |
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| Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (mean) |
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| Complement: | 13 officers 209 men |
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USS Wyoming (BM-10) was the second ship of the United States Navy to bear that name, but the first to bear it in honor of the 44th state. The first Wyoming was named for Wyoming Valley in eastern Pennsylvania.
Wyoming was ordered on 4 May 1898, and awarded to the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, 5 October 1898. The keel of Monitor No. 10 was laid down on 11 April 1898. She was launched on 8 September 1900 sponsored by Miss Hattie Warren, daughter of Senator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming, and commissioned at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, on 8 December 1902 with Commander Vincendon Lazarus Cottman in command. The total cost for the hull, machinery, armor and armament was $1,624,270.59.
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.
Wyoming was powered by two vertical triple expansion engines driving two screw propellers with steam generated by four Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The engines in Wyoming 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 2,336 ihp (1,742 kW) with a top speed of 12.4 kn (23.0 km/h; 14.3 mph).Wyoming 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).
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