U.S.S. Somers (1897)
From The Dreadnought Project
U.S.S. Somers was a torpedo boat completed for the U.S. Navy in 1898.
Construction
Purchase price was $72,997.[1]
Armament
- four 1-pdr guns
- three 18-in torpedo tubes, one on centreline aft, and one on each broadside between second and third funnels
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ "U.S. Torpedo Boat Somers." Marine Engineering V (4): p. 165.
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).
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