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USS Puritan, a 6060-ton monitor, was built at Chester, Pennsylvania, and completed by the New York Navy Yard. Commissioned in December 1896, she was actively employed off Cuba during the Spanish-American War. After that conflict, she served as a Naval Academy practice ship, a receiving ship and a naval militia training vessel. Decommissioned for the final time in April 1910, Puritan was subsequently used for target duties. The old monitor was sold in January 1922.
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Photo #: NH 60696 USS Puritan (BM-1) Photographed circa 1896-99. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 56,648 bytes; 740 x 566 pixels |
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11 October 1998