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Latest revision as of 14:36, 27 April 2018

U.S.S. Du Pont (1897)
Hull Number: TB-7
Builder: Herreshoff Manufacturing Company[1]
Ordered: Act of 2 March, 1895[2]
Laid down: Feb, 1896[3]
Launched: 30 Mar, 1897[4]
Commissioned: 23 Sep, 1897[5]
Decommissioned: 8 Mar, 1919[6]
Stricken: 28 Oct, 1919[7]
Sold: 19 Jul, 1920[8]

U.S.S. Du Pont was one of two Porter class torpedo boats completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Du Pont was commissioned on 23 September 1897 with Lt. (j.g.) Spencer S. Wood in command.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 160.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 160.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 160.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 160.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 160.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 36.
  7. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 36.
  8. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 36.
  9. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 32.

Bibliography


Porter Class Torpedo Boat
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