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Revision as of 14:11, 12 December 2014

U.S.S. Gwin (1897)
Hull Number: TB-16
Builder: Herreshoff[1]
Ordered: Act of 10 June, 1896[2]
Laid down: 14 Apr, 1897[3]
Launched: 15 Nov, 1897[4]
Commissioned: 4 Apr, 1898[5]
Decommissioned: 18 Apr, 1914[6]
Stricken: 30 Apr, 1925[7]
Sold: 25 Sep, 1925[8]
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Gwin was one of two Talbot class torpedo boats completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Gwin was commissioned at Newport on 4 April, 1898 with Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Clarence S. Williams 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. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 38.
  9. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 28.

Bibliography


Talbot Class Torpedo Boat
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