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Two '''''Talbot'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in April, 1898.
 
Two '''''Talbot'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in April, 1898.
  
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==Construction==
 
==Construction==
 
These boats were incredibly small, being about one third the displacement of the [[Davis Class Torpedo Boat (1898)|''Davis'' class]] boats ordered at the same time.
 
These boats were incredibly small, being about one third the displacement of the [[Davis Class Torpedo Boat (1898)|''Davis'' class]] boats ordered at the same time.

Revision as of 20:20, 4 November 2014

Two Talbot class torpedo boats were completed for the U.S. Navy in April, 1898.

Overview of 2 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Talbot Herreshoff 8 Apr, 1897 14 Nov, 1897 4 Apr, 1898 Sold 1920
Gwin Herreshoff 14 Apr, 1897 15 Nov, 1897 4 Apr, 1898 Sold 1925

Construction

These boats were incredibly small, being about one third the displacement of the Davis class boats ordered at the same time.

Armament

  • one 1-pdr gun
  • two 18-in torpedo tubes on centreline

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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