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Two '''''Porter'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1897. | Two '''''Porter'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1897. | ||
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+ | ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 2 vessels | ||
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+ | | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | ||
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+ | ! align=center | Name | ||
+ | ! align=center | Builder | ||
+ | ! align=center | Laid Down | ||
+ | ! align=center | Launched | ||
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+ | |[[Herreshoff Manufacturing Company]] | ||
+ | |Feb, 1896 | ||
+ | |9 Sep, 1896 | ||
+ | |20 Feb, 1897 | ||
+ | |Sold 1912 | ||
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+ | | {{US-1DuPont}} | ||
+ | |[[Herreshoff Manufacturing Company]] | ||
+ | |Feb, 1896 | ||
+ | |30 Mar, 1897 | ||
+ | |23 Sep, 1897 | ||
+ | |Sold 1920 | ||
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==Construction== | ==Construction== | ||
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+ | * {{SimpsonMosquito}} | ||
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− | fatedate=1920{{ | + | decomm=8 March, 1919{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 36}} |
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Latest revision as of 14:36, 27 April 2018
Two Porter class torpedo boats were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1897.
Overview of 2 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Porter | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company | Feb, 1896 | 9 Sep, 1896 | 20 Feb, 1897 | Sold 1912 |
Du Pont | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company | Feb, 1896 | 30 Mar, 1897 | 23 Sep, 1897 | Sold 1920 |
Construction
Armament
- four 1-pdr guns
- three 18-in torpedo tubes, one on the centreline aft, one each abreast fore funnel
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
- Simpson, Richard V. (2001). Building the Mosquito Fleet: The U.S. Navy's First Torpedo Boats. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing.
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