Talbot Class Torpedo Boat (1897)
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Two Talbot class torpedo boats were completed for the U.S. Navy in April, 1898.
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| 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).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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