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Two '''''Davis'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1899.
Two '''''Davis'' class torpedo boats''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1899.


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|[[Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works|Wolff & Zwicker]]
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|10 May, 1899
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==Construction==
==Construction==


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Latest revision as of 11:18, 19 November 2014

Two Davis class torpedo boats were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1899.

Overview of 2 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Davis Wolff & Zwicker 2 Mar, 1897 4 Jun, 1898 10 May, 1899 Sold 1920
Fox Wolff & Zwicker 4 Mar, 1897 4 Jul, 1898 8 Jul, 1899 Sold 1916

Construction

Armament

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

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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