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Two '''''Nicholson'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1905.
Two '''''Nicholson'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1905.


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Latest revision as of 11:18, 9 April 2018

Two Nicholson class torpedo boats were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1905.

Overview of 2 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Nicholson Lewis Nixon Shipyard 6 Dec, 1898 23 Sep, 1901 10 Jan, 1905 Expended 1909
O'Brien Lewis Nixon Shipyard 29 Dec, 1898 24 Sep, 1900 15 Jul, 1905 Expended 1909

Construction

Armament

  • three 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

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.


Nicholson Class Torpedo Boat
  Nicholson O'Brien  
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