USS Biddle (TB-26)

Last updated

USS Biddle.jpg
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameBiddle
Namesake Captain Nicholas Biddle
Ordered4 May 1898 (authorized)
Builder Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
Laid down21 February 1900
Launched18 May 1901 [1]
Sponsored byMiss Emily B. Biddle, great-great-grandniece of Captain Biddle
Commissioned26 October 1901
Decommissioned12 March 1919
Renamed
  • Coast Torpedo Boat No. 12,
  • 1 August 1918
IdentificationTB-26
FateSold, 19 July 1920
General characteristics [2]
Class and type Bagley-class torpedo boat
Displacement175 long tons (178 t) [3]
Length157 ft (48 m)
Beam17 ft 8 in (5.38 m)
Draft4 ft 11 in (1.50 m) (mean) [3]
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 28.6 knots (53.0 km/h; 32.9 mph)
  • 28.54 kn (32.84 mph; 52.86 km/h) (Speed on Trial) [3]
Complement28 officers and enlisted
Armament

The first USS Biddle (Torpedo Boat No. 26/TB-26/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 12) was a torpedo boat in the United States Navy. She was named for Captain Nicholas Biddle.

Contents

Biddle was launched 18 May 1901 by Bath Iron Works, Ltd., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Miss Emily B. Biddle, great-great-grandniece of Captain Biddle; and commissioned 26 October 1901, Lieutenant S. S. Robison in command.

Biddle departed Newport, Rhode Island, 1 November 1901 for Port Royal, South Carolina where she went into reserve. Following recommissioning 28 May 1902 she cruised with the Torpedo Boat Flotilla along the Atlantic coast and in the West Indies until January 1903. She went into reserve again 16 February 1903 at Norfolk Navy Yard and remained there until recommissioned 14 May 1909. Biddle spent the summer cruising with the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet and then went into reserve at Charleston Navy Yard 18 November 1909. In October 1911 she shifted to the Reserve Flotilla Division at Annapolis, Maryland, and went into ordinary at the Naval Academy, 13 March 1914.

After serving with the Pennsylvania Naval Militia (June–September 1915) Biddle reverted to the Annapolis Reserve torpedo Division. Recommissioned 6 April 1917 she served in the 5th Naval District as a patrol and despatch vessel at Norfolk. Biddle was renamed Coast Torpedo Boat No. 12, 1 August 1918.

Ordered to Philadelphia Navy Yard in January 1919, she was decommissioned 12 March 1919 and sold 19 July 1920.

Related Research Articles

USS <i>Rowan</i> (TB-8) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

The first USS Rowan was a torpedo boat in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War. She was named for Vice Admiral Stephen Rowan.

USS <i>Farragut</i> (TB-11) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

The first USS Farragut was a torpedo boat in the United States Navy. She was named for David Farragut, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War.

USS <i>Stringham</i> (TB-19) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

USS Stringham was a steel torpedo boat in the United States Navy. Stringham was named for Silas H. Stringham, who served in the United States Navy from the War of 1812 through the American Civil War.

USS <i>Talbot</i> (TB-15) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

The first USS Talbot was a torpedo boat in the United States Navy.

USS <i>Tingey</i> (TB-34) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

USS Tingey (TB-34), was a Blakely-class torpedo boat of the United States Navy. She was the first of three ships to be named after Commodore Thomas Tingey.

USS <i>Porter</i> (TB-6) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

USS Porter was a torpedo boat, the first of her class, launched in 1896, served during the Spanish–American War, and struck in 1912. She was the first Navy ship named for Commodore David Porter, and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter.

USS <i>Wilkes</i> (TB-35) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

The first USS Wilkes (TB-35) was a Blakely-class torpedo boat in the United States Navy.

USS <i>Shubrick</i> (TB-31) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

USS Shubrick (TB-31) was laid down on 11 March 1899 by William R. Trigg Co., Richmond, Virginia; launched on 31 October 1899;it was named for William Branford Shubrick and sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick; and commissioned during 1901.

USS <i>Ericsson</i> (TB-2) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

The first USS Ericsson was the second torpedo boat built for the United States Navy. The first,Cushing, had been built seven years earlier.

USS <i>Du Pont</i> (TB-7) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

The first USS Du Pont was launched 30 March 1897 by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, R.I.; sponsored by Miss L. Converse; and commissioned 23 September 1897, Lieutenant Spencer S. Wood in command.

USS <i>Dahlgren</i> (TB-9) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

USS Dahlgren, was a Torpedo Boat ine the United States Navy.

USS <i>Craven</i> (TB-10) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

The first USS Craven, was launched 25 September 1899 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Miss A. Craven, granddaughter of Commander Craven; and commissioned 9 June 1900.

USS <i>MacKenzie</i> (TB-17) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

The first USS MacKenzie, was laid down by Charles Hillman Ship & Engine Building Company, Philadelphia, 15 April 1897; launched 19 February 1898; sponsored by Master Charles Hillman; and commissioned 1 May 1899.

USS <i>Bailey</i> (TB-21) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

The second USS Bailey was laid down on 30 April 1898 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the Gas Engine & Power Co. & Charles L. Seabury Co.; launched on 5 December 1899; sponsored by Miss Florence Beekman Bailey; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 10 June 1901, Lt. George W. Williams in command.

USS <i>Somers</i> (TB-22) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

The third USS Somers, a steel torpedo boat built as a private speculation by Friedrich Schichau, Elbing, Germany, was launched in 1897 as yard No. 450; purchased for the United States Navy on 25 March 1898; commissioned on 28 March 1898 and named Somers the next day.

USS <i>Bagley</i> (TB-24) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

USS Bagley was a torpedo boat in service with the US Navy between 1898 and 1919, named after Ensign Worth Bagley.

USS <i>Barney</i> (TB-25) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

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.

USS <i>Blakely</i> (TB-27) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

The first USS Blakely was laid down on 12 January 1899 at South Boston, Massachusetts, by George Lawley & Son and launched on 22 November 1900. Sponsored by Miss Nellie M. White; and commissioned on 27 December 1904. It was named for Johnston Blakeley, commander of USS Wasp.

USS <i>Stockton</i> (TB-32) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

The first Stockton was launched on 27 December 1899 by William R. Trigg Company, Richmond, Va.; sponsored by Miss Katherine Stockton; and commissioned on 14 March 1901.

USS <i>Thornton</i> (TB-33) Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

The first Thornton was laid down on 16 March 1899 at Richmond, Va., by the William R. Trigg Co.; launched on 15 May 1900; sponsored by Miss Mary Thornton Davis; and commissioned on 9 June 1902.

References

  1. ↑ "USS Biddle (Torpedo Boat # 26, TB-26) later renamed Coast Torpedo Boat # 12". NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "USS Biddle (TB-26)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Table 11 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 725. 1921.

Bibliography

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.