Difference between revisions of "Mackenzie Class Torpedo Boat (1898)"
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==Armament== | ==Armament== | ||
* one 1-pdr gun (''Mackenzie'') | * one 1-pdr gun (''Mackenzie'') | ||
| − | * | + | * two 1-pdr guns (''McKee'') |
* two 18-in torpedo tubes on centreline | * two 18-in torpedo tubes on centreline | ||
Latest revision as of 14:21, 12 December 2014
Two Mackenzie class torpedo boats were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1898 and 1899.
| Overview of 2 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Mackenzie | Charles Hillman | 15 Apr, 1897 | 19 Feb, 1898 | 1 May, 1899 | Expended 1916 |
| McKee | Columbian Iron Works | 11 Sep, 1897 | 5 Mar, 1898 | 16 May, 1898 | Expended 1912 |
Construction
These boats were very small, being about one third the displacement of the Davis class boats ordered at the same time.
Armament
- one 1-pdr gun (Mackenzie)
- two 1-pdr guns (McKee)
- 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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