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UNITED STATES NAVY (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

TORPEDO SHIPS

ERICSSON torpedo boat (1897)

similar Cushing 1890

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
TB2 Ericsson   Iowa Iron Wks, Dubuque 7/1892 12.5.1894 2/1897 sunk as target 5.4.1912
  

Displacement normal, t

120

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

45.6

Breadth, m

4.73

Draught, m

1.45 mean

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VQE, 2 Thornycroft boilers

Power, h. p.

1800

Max speed, kts

24

Fuel, t

coal 35

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

4 x 1 - 37/40 Hotchkiss heavy long  Mk I, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

22

Project history: Authorised under the Act of 30.6.1890. Two funnels far apart. One TT fixed forward and two training mounted well aft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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