Foote Class Torpedo Boat (1896)

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Three Foote class torpedo boats were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1897 and 1898.

Overview of 3 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Foote Columbian Iron Works 1 May, 1896 1 Oct, 1896 7 Aug, 1897 Sold 1920
Rodgers Columbian Iron Works 6 May, 1896 10 Nov, 1896 2 Apr, 1898 Sold 1920
Winslow Columbian Iron Works 8 May, 1896 6 Jan, 1897 29 Dec, 1897 Sold 1911

Construction

Armament

  • three 1-pdr guns
  • three 18-in torpedo tubes, one on the centreline aft, one each abreast fore funnel

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.


Foote Class Torpedo Boat
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