U.S.S. Talbot (1897)

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U.S.S. Talbot (1897)
Hull Number: TB-15
Builder: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company[1]
Ordered: Act of 10 June, 1896[2]
Laid down: 8 Apr, 1897[3]
Launched: 14 Nov, 1897[4]
Commissioned: 4 Apr, 1898[5]
Stricken: 1 May, 1912[6]
Sold: 18 Jul, 1944[7]
Fate: Broken up
U.S.S. Talbot was one of two Talbot class torpedo boats completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Talbot was launched on 14 November, 1897. She was commissioned on 4 April, 1898 with Lieutenant (Junior Grade) William R. Shoemaker in command.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 161.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 161.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 161.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 161.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 161.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 38.
  7. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 38.
  8. Register of Officers, 1900. p. 32.
  9. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 28.
  10. "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 10 October, 1903. Vol. XXXIV, No. 1243, p. 21.
  11. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 40.
  12. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 30.

Bibliography


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