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UNITED STATES NAVY (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

TORPEDO SHIPS

MACKENZIE torpedo boats (1898-1899)

Names

TB17 MacKenzie

TB18 McKee

Builders

Charles Hillman, Philadelphia: TB17

Columbian Iron Wks, Baltimore: TB18

Commissioned

5/1898: TB18

5/1899: TB17

11/1914: TB17 (2nd time)

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

4/1912: TB18

7/1912: TB17

3/1916: TB17 (2nd time)

  

Displacement normal, t

65

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

30.9

Breadth, m

3.89

Draught, m

1.29 mean

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers

Power, h. p.

850

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

coal 15

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

TB17: 1 x 1 - 37/40 Driggs-Schroeder heavy Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT

TB18: 2 x 1 - 37/40 Driggs-Schroeder heavy Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

12

Project history: Authorised under the Act of 10.6.1896. Two funnels not far apart. Two single TT forward of funnels and far aft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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