USS Monadnock

Last updated October 05, 2021

USS Monadnock may refer to:

USS Monadnock (1864), was a double-turret monitor commissioned in October 1864 and decommissioned June 1866
USS Monadnock (BM-3), was an Amphitrite-class monitor commissioned in September 1883 and decommissioned March 1919
USS Monadnock (ACM-10), was acquired by the US Navy in June 1941 and sold in 1949
USS Monadnock (ACM-14), was acquired by the US Navy in March 1951 and removed from the Navy List in July 1960

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