People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1896 — Monadnock Finished at Last. [ARTICLE]

Monadnock Finished at Last.

San Francisco, Cal., March 10.—The coast-defense vessel Monadnock, the keel of which was laid at Mare island navy yard twenty-one years ago, made her first appearance in San Francisco harbor today. She was on her trial run, having been made ready for sea at the navy yard a few days ago. She has two turrets heavily armored and carries four heavy guns with a strong battery of rapid-firing guns. As a fighter she is rated well up with the Monterey and the two could easily dispatch anything now in the Pacific.