Nicholson Class Torpedo Boat (1900): Difference between revisions

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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	6 Dec, 1898	23 Sep, 1901	10 Jan, 1905	Expended 1909
O'Brien	Lewis Nixon	29 Dec, 1898	24 Sep, 1900	15 Jul, 1905	Expended 1909

three 1-pdr guns
three 18-in torpedo tubes, one on centreline aft, and one on each broadside between second and third funnels

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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