List of torpedo boats of the United States Navy
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This list of torpedo boat
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Torpedo boat
A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval vessel designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. They were created to counter battleships and other large, slow and...
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United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
includes all ships with the hull classification symbol
Hull classification symbol
The United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration use hull classification symbols to identify their ship types and each individual ship within each type...
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Foote class torpedo boats
- USS Foote (TB-3)
- USS Rodgers (TB-4)
- USS Winslow (TB-5)USS Winslow (TB-5)-External links:*...
Bagley class torpedo boats
Blakely class torpedo boats
- USS Blakely (TB-27)
- USS DeLong (TB-28)USS DeLong (TB-28)|- External links :* United States Navy - Navy Historical Center...
- USS Nicholson (TB-29)USS Nicholson (TB-29)USS Nicholson was a Blakely-class torpedo boat in the United States Navy.-Built in New Jersey :The first ship to be so named by the Navy, Nicholson was laid down 6 December 1898 by Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey; launched 23 September 1901; sponsored by Mrs...
- USS O'Brien (TB-30)USS O'Brien (TB-30)USS O’Brien was a Blakely-class torpedo boat in the United States Navy named after Captain Jeremiah O'Brien and his five brothers, Gideon, John, William, Dennis and Joseph, who captured HMS Margaretta on 12 June 1775 during the American revolution.-Built in New Jersey :The first ship to be so...
- USS Shubrick (TB-31)USS Shubrick (TB-31)The USS Shubrick was laid down on 11 March 1899 by William R. Trigg Co., Richmond, Va.; launched on 31 October 1899; sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick; and commissioned during 1901, Lt. Allen M. Cook in command....
- USS Stockton (TB-32)USS Stockton (TB-32)The first Stockton was launched on 27 December 1899 by William R. Trigg Company, Richmond, Va.; sponsored by Miss Katherine Stockton; and commissioned on 14 March 1901, Lt. Archibald H. Davis in command....
- USS Thornton (TB-33)USS Thornton (TB-33)The first Thornton was laid down on 16 March 1899 at Richmond, Va., by the William R. Trigg Co.; lanched on 15 May 1900; sponsored by Miss Mary Thornton Davis; and commissioned on 9 June 1902, Ens. Samuel Brown Thomas in command....
- USS Tingey (TB-34)USS Tingey (TB-34)USS Tingey , was a Blakely-class torpedo boat of the United States Navy. She was the first of three ships to be named for named after Commodore Thomas Tingey....
- USS Wilkes (TB-35)USS Wilkes (TB-35)The first USS Wilkes was a Blakely-class torpedo boat in the United States Navy.-Built in New York :Wilkes was laid down on 3 June 1899 at Morris Heights, New York, by the Gas Engine and Power Company and the Charles L. Seabury & Co.; launched on 28 September 1901; sponsored by Miss Harriet E...