Nicholson Class Torpedo Boat (1900)
From The Dreadnought Project
Two Nicholson class torpedo boats were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1905.
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| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Nicholson | Lewis Nixon Shipyard | 6 Dec, 1898 | 23 Sep, 1901 | 10 Jan, 1905 | Expended 1909 |
| O'Brien | Lewis Nixon Shipyard | 29 Dec, 1898 | 24 Sep, 1900 | 15 Jul, 1905 | Expended 1909 |
Construction
Armament
- three 1-pdr guns
- three 18-in torpedo tubes, one on centreline aft, and one on each broadside between second and third funnels
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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