List of torpedo boats of the United States Navy

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This list of steam-driven torpedo boats of the United States Navy includes all ships with the hull classification symbol TB, running from TB-1 of 1890 to TB-35 of 1901. It does not include the Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats of World War II.

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The first torpedo-boat to serve with the United States Navy was the experimental Stiletto of 31 tons, built in 1885-86 as a yacht by the Herreschoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island. Designated WTB-1 (for "Wooden Torpedo Boat"), she was purchased under the Act of 3 March 1887 for use as a torpedo boat for experimental purposes and commissioned in July 1887. She measured 94ft overall (88ft 6in waterline) x 11ft 6in x 3ft, and had a 1-shaft vertical compound engine of 359 ihp, achieving 18.2 knots. She was stricken on 27 January 1911 and sold on 18 July 1911.

The authorisation for the following steel torpedo-boats was as follows:

Cushing class torpedo boat

Ericsson class torpedo boat

Foote class torpedo boats

Porter class torpedo boats

Rowan class torpedo boat

Hull No.Ship NameShipyardAuthorisedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedFate
TB-1 Cushing Herreshoff, Bristol, Rhode Island 3 August 1886April 188823 January 189022 April 1890Stricken 6 April 1912; sunk as target 24 September 1920.
TB-2 Ericsson Iowa Iron Works, Dubuque, Iowa 30 June 189021 July 189212 May 189418 February 1897Stricken 6 April 1912; sunk as target.
TB-3 Foote Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland 26 July 18941 May 18961 October 18967 August 1897Renamed CTB-1 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-4 Rodgers Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland26 July 18946 May 189610 November 18961 April 1898Renamed CTB-2 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-5 Winslow Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland26 July 18948 May 18966 January 189729 December 1897Stricken 12 July 1910 and sold in January 1911.
TB-6 Porter Herreshoff, Bristol, Rhode Island 2 March 1895February 18969 September 189620 February 1897Stricken 7 November 1912 and sold 30 December 1912.
TB-7 DuPont Herreshoff, Bristol, Rhode Island2 March 1895February 189630 March 18973 September 1897Renamed CTB-3 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-8 Rowan Moran Brothers, Seattle, Washington 2 March 189522 June 18968 April 18981 April 1899Stricken 29 October 1912 and used as target, sold 3 June 1918.

Dahlgren class torpedo boats

Farragut class torpedo boat

Davis class torpedo boats

Morris class torpedo boat

Talbot class torpedo boats

MacKenzie class torpedo boats

Hull No.Ship NameShipyardAuthorisedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedFate
TB-9 Dahlgren Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine 10 June 189611 December 189729 May 189916 June 1900Renamed CTB-4 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-10 Craven Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine10 June 18966 December 189725 September 18999 June 1900Stricken 14 November 1913 and sunk as target in 1913.
TB-11 Farragut Union Iron Works, San Francisco 10 June 189626 July 189716 July 189822 March 1899Renamed CTB-5 on 1 August 1918; sold 9 September 1919.
TB-12 Davis Wolf & Zwicker, Portland, Oregon 10 June 18962 March 18974 June 189810 May 1899Stricken 12 November 1913; sold 21 April 1920
TB-13 Fox Wolf & Zwicker, Portland, Oregon 10 June 18964 March 18974 July 18988 July 1899Stricken 31 August 1916; sold as mercantile Ace 31 August 1920.
TB-14 Morris Herreshoff, Bristol, Rhode Island10 June 189619 November 189713 April 189811 May 1898Renamed CTB-6 on 1 August 1918; sold 10 October 1924.
TB-15 Talbot Herreshoff, Bristol, Rhode Island10 June 18968 April 189714 November 18974 April 1898Renamed USS Berceau (YFB 3) 11 April 1918; sold 18 July 1944.
TB-16 Gwin Herreshoff, Bristol, Rhode Island10 June 189614 April 189715 November 18974 April 1898Renamed USS Cyane (YFB 4) 11 April 1918; sold 24 September 1925.
TB-17 MacKenzie Charles Hillman Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 10 June 189615 April 189719 February 18981 May 1899Stricken 10 March 1916 and used as target.
TB-18 McKee Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland10 June 189611 September 18975 March 189816 May 1898Stricken 6 April 1912 and used as target; sunk 24 September 1920.

Stringham class torpedo boat

Goldsborough class torpedo boat

Bailey class torpedo boat

Somers class torpedo boat

Manley class torpedo boat

Hull No.Ship NameShipyardAuthorisedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedFate
TB-19 Stringham Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware 3 March 189721 March 189810 June 18997 November 1905Stricken 26 November 1915 and used as target ship 1915; sold 18 March 1923.
TB-20 Goldsborough Wolf & Zwicker, Portland, Oregon;
completed by Puget Sound Navy Yard
3 March 189714 July 189829 July 18999 April 1908Renamed CTB-7 on 1 August 1918; sold 8 September 1919.
TB-21 Bailey Gas Engine & Power Co., Morris Heights, N.Y. 3 March 189730 April 18985 December 189910 June 1901Renamed CTB-8 on 1 August 1918; sold 10 March 1920.
TB-22 Somers G. Schichau, Elbing, Germany *3 March 18971893189728 March 1898Renamed CTB-9 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-23 Manley Yarrow & Co,, Poplar, London *3 March 1897-ca. 1894never commissionedRenamed USS Levant (YFB) 11 April 1918; sold 21 April 1920.

Note: * purchased for US Navy during Spanish-American War on 25 March 1898 and 13 April 1898 respectively.

Bagley class torpedo boats

Blakely class torpedo boats

Hull No.Ship NameShipyardAuthorisedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedFate
TB-24 Bagley Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine4 May 18984 January 190025 September 190018 October 1901Renamed CTB-10 on 1 August 1918; sold 9 April 1919.
TB-25 Barney Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine4 May 18983 January 190028 July 190021 October 1901Renamed CTB-11 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-26 Biddle Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine4 May 189821 February 190018 May 190126 October 1901Renamed CTB-12 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-27 Blakely George Lawley & Sons, South Boston, Mass. 4 May 189812 January 189922 November 190027 December 1904Renamed CTB-13 on 1 August 1918; sold 10 March 1920.
TB-28 DeLong George Lawley & Sons, South Boston, Mass.4 May 189824 January 189923 November 190012 October 1902Renamed CTB-14 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-29 Nicholson Lewis Nixon, Elizabethport, N.J. 4 May 18986 December 189823 September 190110 January 1905Stricken 3 March 1909 and used as Target No.6.
TB-30 O'Brien Lewis Nixon, Elizabethport, N.J.4 May 189829 December 189824 September 190015 July 1905Stricken 3 March 1909 and used as Target No.5.
TB-31 Shubrick William R. Trigg Co., Richmond, Va. 4 May 189811 March 189931 October 189931 May 1901 *Renamed CTB-15 on 1 August 1918; sold 10 March 1920.
TB-32 Stockton William R. Trigg Co., Richmond, Va.4 May 189818 March 189927 December 189914 March 1901 *Stricken 15 November 1913 and sunk as target September 1916.
TB-33 Thornton William R. Trigg Co., Richmond, Va.4 May 189816 March 189915 May 19009 June 1902Renamed CTB-16 on 1 August 1918; sold 28 August 1920.
TB-34 Tingey Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland4 May 189829 March 189925 March 19017 January 1904Renamed CTB-17 on 1 August 1918; sold 10 March 1920.
TB-35 Wilkes Gas Engine & Power Co., Morris Heights, New York4 May 18983 June 189928 September 190118 September 1902Stricken 15 November 1913 and sunk as target 1914.

Note: * not recorded; first log for Shubrick started 19 November 1901; first log for Stockton started 14 November 1901.

Re-classification in 1918

On 1 August 1918 all 17 surviving torpedo boats were redesignated as Coast Torpedo Boats and given numbers in place of their original names [1] and were subsequently sold for breaking up in 1919 and 1920.

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The first USS Barney was laid down on 3 January 1900 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works; launched on 28 July 1900 and sponsored by Miss Esther Nicholson Barney, great-granddaughter of Commodore Joshua Barney; and placed in commission at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, on 21 October 1901.

References

  1. Paul H. Silverstone, US Warships of World War I, Ian Allan Ltd, 1970.