USS Tonawanda

USS Tonawanda was one of four Miantonomoh-class monitors built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War of 1861–1865. Commissioned in 1865 after the war ended in May, the ship was decommissioned at the end of the year, but was reactivated to serve as a training ship at the United States Naval Academy in 1866. She was renamed Amphitrite in 1869 and was decommissioned again in 1872. The monitor was sold for scrap the following year. The Navy Department evaded the Congressional refusal to order new ships by claiming that the Civil War-era ship was being repaired while building a new monitor of the same name.

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1866-10-23T00:00:00Z

1866-10-23T00:00:00Z

ship recommissioning

1865-10-12T00:00:00Z

1865-10-12T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1864-05-06T00:00:00Z

1864-05-06T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1865-12-22T00:00:00Z

1865-12-22T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

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Frameless

USS Chimo and USS Tonawanda 1864

Ships at Naval Academy late 1860s NH49813

NH 42753 (27418708595)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		USS Chimo and USS Tonawanda 1864		Commons
commons	image		Ships at Naval Academy late 1860s NH49813		Commons
commons	image		NH 42753 (27418708595)		Commons