U.S. Monitor Amphitrite Postcard Circa 1895 to 1925

This postcard of the U.S. Monitor Amphitrite was once the property of the late H.A. Decker.

The ship was part of a series of vessels which were in commission from 1891 to 1919. This particular one was commissioned in the spring of 1895 at the bequest of former U.S. President, Ulysses S. Grant. It was built by Harlan and Hollingsworth, which was based in the State of Delaware.

Oddly enough, the ship spent time before both the Spanish-American War and World War I sailing through the waters off of the coast of Brunswick, Georgia. In addition, it was used after WW I as a boutique hotel, novelty restaurant and government housing. It went through a series of decommissions and recommissions until 1952. At that time, it was put out of service permanently.