Foote Class Torpedo Boat (1896)
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Three Foote class torpedo boats were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1897 and 1898.
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| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Foote | Columbian Iron Works | 1 May, 1896 | 1 Oct, 1896 | 7 Aug, 1897 | Sold 1920 |
| Rodgers | Columbian Iron Works | 6 May, 1896 | 10 Nov, 1896 | 2 Apr, 1898 | Sold 1920 |
| Winslow | Columbian Iron Works | 8 May, 1896 | 6 Jan, 1897 | 29 Dec, 1897 | Sold 1911 |
Construction
Armament
- three 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).
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