Ze707

Ze707. NH 45713 USS MONTEREY (BM-6). “Hard hat” diver in action off the ship’s bow, diving for her port anchor and chain, off Port Angeles, Washington, 16 March 1896. – last posted date: Jul 16, 2015

Note from Karl: It seems then as now we do not always get the best equipment right away. It seems that job required a bigger boat with a ladder. This image is very special to me. I was a Hardhat Diver and trained in that rig.

Ze706

Ze706. NH 45707 USS MONTEREY (BM-6). Opening and testing the new Puget Sound dry dock at Port Orchard, Washington, in April 1896. – last posted date: Jul 16, 2015.

Ze705

Ze705. NH 45710 USS MONTEREY (BM-6) In a seaway off Santa Barbara, California, on 1 March 1896 while in passage from Seattle to San Francisco. – last posted date: Jul 16, 2015

Ze704

Ze704. NH 91356 Rear Admiral John D. McDonald. Rear Admiral John D. McDonald, COM 14 and Comdt. NOB Pearl Harbor, poses with the bell from USS MONTEREY (BM-6) at Pearl Harbor, circa 1924. – last posted date: Jul 23, 2015.

Note from Karl: I guess this was the first step for the USS Monterey ships bell to end up on Ford Island.

Ze703

Ze703. “Stack arms” during landing party drill on the ship’s foredeck, about 1898. Single frame photo from a stereocard. Photo published by Strohmeyer and Wyman, New York, 1898. Note: Lee rifles; special Lee belts; and long leggings. – last posted date: Jul 23, 2015

Note from Karl; Maybe they were getting ready deployment to Philippine-American War.

Ze698

Ze698. A Google Earth image of Ford Island in Pearl Harbor.

Ze697

Ze697. The bell next to the former Ford Island Naval Air Station Flagpole and Plaque is the Ships Bell of the USS Monterey BM-6. I wonder how it got here?

Note from Karl: On the 2nd Nov. 2019 I walked around Ford Island and saw this former Ford Island Naval Air Station Flagpole, anchor and the USS Monterey Bell and started to research. I found several things and decided to build this webpage.

Ze696

Ze696. Almost forgotten! Ford Island was a Naval Air Station from 17th Jan. 1923 to 31st of March 1962. This plaque is on Ford Island at the foot of an unused flagpole and a ships bell is next to it. This must be the Quarterdeck area of the former Ford Island Naval Air Station Head Quarters.

Ze695

Ze695. A flagpole without a flag, an anchor, a ships bell on Ford Island, what is all this?

Ze694

Ze694. The USS Monterey at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, circa 1896. The USS Camanche is visible in the background. This picture is from this Wikipedia’s URL, click here or copy and paste it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monterey_(BM-6)