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Contact Info
Last Address New York City
Date of Passing Apr 06, 1942
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Admiral Fiske was probably the greatest naval inventor of his time, with numerous innovations in electrical and gun-control systems to his credit from the mid-1870s on. Chief among his inventions were an electric range finder, electric ammunition hoists and gun-turret motors, a naval telescope mount and sight, radio systems for the control of torpedoes, and electrical control systems that kept naval batteries aimed at their targets while firing continuously.
Amphitrite Class Monitor: Displacement 3,990 Tons, Dimensions, 263 x 55.5 x 14.5 feet/80.2 x 16.91 x 4.47 meters. Armament 2 dual 10"/30", 2 6-pound, 2 3-pound. Armor, Steel & Iron: 7 inch belt, 11.5 inch turrets, 7.5 inch CT. Machinery, HC engines, 6 boilers, 2 shafts, 1,600 hp, Speed, 12 Knots, Crew 150 (163-191 wartime).
Operational and Building Data: Built by Continental Iron Works, Vallejo, CA. Laid down 15 January 1875, suspended 1876, resumed 1882, launched 19 September 1883, transferred to Mare Island Navy Yard for completion, commissioned 20 February 1896. Sent to the Philippines for Spanish-American War service, 1898; never returned to the continental US. Served on China Station, primarily at Shanghai, 1899-1905; then in the Philippines 1905-1909. Decommissioned to reserve 10 March 1909. Recommissioned to commissioned reserve 20 April 1911; recommissioned to full commission 31 January 1912 as a submarine tender and target tug. Decommissioned to reserve 24 March 1919. Designation BM-3 assigned 17 July 1920; redesignated IX-17 1 July 1921.
Fate: Stricken for disposal 2 February 1923; sold for scrapping 24 August 1923.
