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Amphitrite-class monitor
The ''Amphitrite'' class monitors were a class of four U.S. Navy monitors ordered in the aftermath of the ''Virginius'' affair with Spain in 1873.〔Swann, pp. 141–142.〕 A fifth ship originally of the same design, , was later fitted with extra armor and designated as a unique class.
''Puritan'' and the ''Amphitrite'' class were to remain under construction for an extraordinarily long period due both to design changes and to the reluctance of the U.S. Congress to appropriate funds for their completion. Most of the vessels were only commissioned in the mid-1890s—more than twenty years after the commencement of construction.〔 They were eventually to see active service in the Spanish–American War.
==Development and construction==
In the years following the American Civil War, the U.S. Congress had allowed the Navy to fall into disrepair as the nation focussed its energies on reconstruction and westward expansion.
On 1 October 1873, the American-flagged merchant ship ''Virginius'' was intercepted by the Spanish Navy on suspicion of supplying provisions and personnel to a Cuban insurgency. A few days later, 53 crew and passengers of ''Virginius'' were summarily executed by the Spanish, including several Americans and Britons, creating a serious diplomatic crisis. While war was apparently imminent, a Spanish ironclad was coincidentally berthed in New York Harbor, drawing attention to the fact that the U.S. Navy had not a single ironclad in serviceable condition for the defence of America's ports.〔Swann, p. 141.〕
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