U.S.S. Wilkes (1901)

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U.S.S. Wilkes was a torpedo boat completed for the U.S. Navy in 1902.

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).


Torpedo Boat U.S.S. Wilkes
<– Nicholson Class Torpedo Boats (US) Bagley Class –>


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