USS Monterey ( BM - 6 ) The second USS " Monterey " ( BM ‑ 6 ) was a " Monterey " - class monitor . Laid down by Union Iron Works , San Francisco , California , 20 December 1889 ; launched 28 April 1891 ; sponsored by Miss Kate C . Gunn ; and commissioned 13 February 1893 , Captain Lewis Kempff in command . Assigned to the Pacific Squadron for harbor defense , " Monterey " operated out of Mare Island Navy Yard , making numerous voyages to ports on the West Coast on maneuvers and target practice during her first 5 years of naval service . Each spring the monitor would make a voyage down the California coast or a trip to Washington for target practice . From April to August 1895 , she made an extended voyage down the South American coast to Callao , Peru , via Acapulco , Mazatlán , and Panama . With the outbreak of the Spanish - American War and Commodore George Dewey ' s great victory in Manila Bay 1 May 1898 , " Monterey " was ordered to sail for the Philippines to provide the Asiatic Squadron with big gun support against possible attack by Spanish battleship " Pelayo " . Though not designed for extended ocean cruising , the big monitor departed San Diego , California , 11 June in company with collier " Brutus " for Manila . Sailing via Honolulu and Apra , Guam , the two ships made the 8 , 000 ‑ mile voyage without mishap , arriving Cavite 13 August , and " Monterey " remained in the Philippines supporting the occupation of Luzon into 1899 . On 18 September she commenced 5 days of operations in Subic Bay with gunboat s and and supply ship " Zafiro " , helping to destroy a large gun at the head of the bay on the 25th . She remained in the Philippines until 6 April 1900 and then sailed for China , receiving new boilers at Hong Kong , and then operating from July 1900 to September 1901 as station ship at Shanghai , voyaging upriver to Nanking from 25 to 31 July 1902 with Special Commissioner T . S . Sharretts on board for a diplomatic mission . " Monterey " continued her operations along the coast of China from Chefoo to Hong Kong , also serving as station ship at Shanghai for brief periods , until returning to Cavite in the spring of 1903 for repairs . There she decommissioned 15 December 1904 . " Monterey " recommissioned in reserve at Olongapo Naval Station 28 September 1907 but 8 1⁄2 months later was placed in ordinary 7 May 1908 . She remained at Olongapo , recommissioning in reserve through November 1911 , making brief voyages to Cavite , Manila , and Subic Bay for repairs and target practice . The ship was placed in full commission 9 November 1911 . She sailed 11 November for Amoy , China . and operated off the China coast in protection of American interests at Foochow , Swatow , and Shanghai until returning via Hong Kong to Cavite 16 November 1913 . " Monterey " returned to reserve at Olongapo 11 February 1913 , and when World War I broke out in Europe moved to Cavite 11 August 1914 . She returned to Olongapo in May 1915 and then on 24 December sailed to cruise the Philippines , operating in the Manila ‑ Cavite area on drills , recruiting , and making an island patrol as far south as Zamboanga , Mindanao , returning to Cavite 29 June 1916 . The old monitor departed Cavite 13 November 1917 , was taken in tow by collier on the 15th , and proceeded by way of Guam to Pearl Harbor , arriving 19 December . Assigned as station ship for Pearl Harbor Naval Station , " Monterey " remained in service at the submarine base until decommissioned 27 August 1921 . She was sold to A . Bercovich Co . , Oakland , California in February , 1922 , and towed across the Pacific for scrapping .