List of torpedo boats of the United States Navy

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This list of steam-driven torpedo boats of the United States Navy includes all ships with the hull classification symbol TB, running from TB-1 of 1890 to TB-35 of 1901. It does not include the Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats of World War II.

The first torpedo-boat to serve with the United States Navy was the experimental Stiletto of 31 tons, built in 1885-86 as a yacht by the Herreschoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island. Designated WTB-1 (for "Wooden Torpedo Boat"), she was purchased under the Act of 3 March 1887 for use as a torpedo boat for experimental purposes and commissioned in July 1887. She measured 94 ft overall (88 ft 6in waterline) x 11 ft 6in x 3 ft, and had a 1-shaft vertical compound engine of 359 ihp, achieving 18.2 knots. She was stricken on 27 January 1911 and sold on 18 July 1911.

The authorisation for the following steel torpedo-boats was as follows:

Act of 3 August 1886: TB-1
Act of 30 June 1890: TB-2
Act of 26 July 1894: TB-3 to TB-5
Act of 2 March 1895: TB-6 to TB-8
Act of 10 June 1896: TB-9 to TB-18
Act of 3 March 1897: TB-19 to TB-23
Act of 4 May 1898: TB-24 to TB-35 (also the first sixteen TBDs - see Bainbridge-class destroyer)

Re-classification in 1918

On 1 August 1918 all 17 surviving torpedo boats were redesignated as Coast Torpedo Boats and given numbers in place of their original names^[1] and were subsequently sold for breaking up in 1919 and 1920.

Cushing class torpedo boat

USS Cushing (TB-1)

Ericsson class torpedo boat

USS Ericsson (TB-2)

Foote class torpedo boats

Porter class torpedo boats

Rowan class torpedo boat

USS Rowan (TB-8)

Dahlgren class torpedo boats

Farragut class torpedo boat

USS Farragut (TB-11)

Davis class torpedo boats

Morris class torpedo boat

USS Morris (TB-14)

Talbot class torpedo boats

MacKenzie class torpedo boats

Stringham class torpedo boat

USS Stringham (TB-19)

Goldsborough class torpedo boat

USS Goldsborough (TB-20)

Bailey class torpedo boat

USS Bailey (TB-21)

Somers class torpedo boat

USS Somers (TB-22)

Manley class torpedo boat

USS Manley (TB-23)

Bagley class torpedo boats

Blakely class torpedo boats

List of torpedo boats

Hull No.	Ship Name	Shipyard	Authorised	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
TB-1	Cushing	Herreshoff, Bristol, Rhode Island	3 August 1886	April 1888	23 January 1890	22 April 1890	Stricken 6 April 1912; sunk as target 24 September 1920.
TB-2	Ericsson	Iowa Iron Works, Dubuque, Iowa	30 June 1890	21 July 1892	12 May 1894	18 February 1897	Stricken 6 April 1912; sunk as target.
TB-3	Foote	Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland	26 July 1894	1 May 1896	1 October 1896	7 August 1897	Renamed CTB-1 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-4	Rodgers	Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland	26 July 1894	6 May 1896	10 November 1896	1 April 1898	Renamed CTB-2 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-5	Winslow	Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland	26 July 1894	8 May 1896	6 January 1897	29 December 1897	Stricken 12 July 1910 and sold in January 1911.
TB-6	Porter	Herreshoff, Bristol, Rhode Island	2 March 1895	February 1896	9 September 1896	20 February 1897	Stricken 7 November 1912 and sold 30 December 1912.
TB-7	DuPont	Herreshoff, Bristol, Rhode Island	2 March 1895	February 1896	30 March 1897	3 September 1897	Renamed CTB-3 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-8	Rowan	Moran Brothers, Seattle, Washington	2 March 1895	22 June 1896	8 April 1898	1 April 1899	Stricken 29 October 1912 and used as target, sold 3 June 1918.
TB-9	Dahlgren	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	10 June 1896	11 December 1897	29 May 1899	16 June 1900	Renamed CTB-4 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-10	Craven	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	10 June 1896	6 December 1897	25 September 1899	9 June 1900	Stricken 14 November 1913 and sunk as target in 1913.
TB-11	Farragut	Union Iron Works, San Francisco	10 June 1896	26 July 1897	16 July 1898	22 March 1899	Renamed CTB-5 on 1 August 1918; sold 9 September 1919.
TB-12	Davis	Wolf & Zwicker, Portland, Oregon	10 June 1896	2 March 1897	4 June 1898	10 May 1899	Stricken 12 November 1913; sold 21 April 1920
TB-13	Fox	Wolf & Zwicker, Portland, Oregon	10 June 1896	4 March 1897	4 July 1898	8 July 1899	Stricken 31 August 1916; sold as mercantile Ace 31 August 1920.
TB-14	Morris	Herreshoff, Bristol, Rhode Island	10 June 1896	19 November 1897	13 April 1898	11 May 1898	Renamed CTB-6 on 1 August 1918; sold 10 October 1924.
TB-15	Talbot	Herreshoff, Bristol, Rhode Island	10 June 1896	8 April 1897	14 November 1897	4 April 1898	Renamed USS Berceau (YFB 3) 11 April 1918; sold 18 July 1944.
TB-16	Gwin	Herreshoff, Bristol, Rhode Island	10 June 1896	14 April 1897	15 November 1897	4 April 1898	Renamed USS Cyane (YFB 4) 11 April 1918; sold 24 September 1925.
TB-17	MacKenzie	Charles Hillman Co., Philadelphia, Pa.	10 June 1896	15 April 1897	19 February 1898	1 May 1899	Stricken 10 March 1916 and used as target.
TB-18	McKee	Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland	10 June 1896	11 September 1897	5 March 1898	16 May 1898	Stricken 6 April 1912 and used as target; sunk 24 September 1920.
TB-19	Stringham	Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware	3 March 1897	21 March 1898	10 June 1899	7 November 1905	Stricken 26 November 1915 and used as target ship 1915; sold 18 March 1923.
TB-20	Goldsborough	Wolf & Zwicker, Portland, Oregon; completed by Puget Sound Navy Yard	3 March 1897	14 July 1898	29 July 1899	9 April 1908	Renamed CTB-7 on 1 August 1918; sold 8 September 1919.
TB-21	Bailey	Gas Engine & Power Co., Morris Heights, N.Y.	3 March 1897	30 April 1898	5 December 1899	10 June 1901	Renamed CTB-8 on 1 August 1918; sold 10 March 1920.
TB-22	Somers	G. Schichau, Elbing, Germany (purchased during Spanish-American War on 25 March 1898)	3 March 1897	1893	1897	28 March 1898	Renamed CTB-9 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-23	Manley	Yarrow & Co, Poplar, London (purchased during Spanish-American War on 13 April 1898)	3 March 1897	-	ca. 1894	never commissioned	Renamed USS Levant (YFB) 11 April 1918; sold 21 April 1920.
TB-24	Bagley	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	4 May 1898	4 January 1900	25 September 1900	18 October 1901	Renamed CTB-10 on 1 August 1918; sold 9 April 1919.
TB-25	Barney	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	4 May 1898	3 January 1900	28 July 1900	21 October 1901	Renamed CTB-11 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-26	Biddle	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine	4 May 1898	21 February 1900	18 May 1901	26 October 1901	Renamed CTB-12 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-27	Blakely	George Lawley & Sons, South Boston, Mass.	4 May 1898	12 January 1899	22 November 1900	27 December 1904	Renamed CTB-13 on 1 August 1918; sold 10 March 1920.
TB-28	DeLong	George Lawley & Sons, South Boston, Mass.	4 May 1898	24 January 1899	23 November 1900	12 October 1902	Renamed CTB-14 on 1 August 1918; sold 19 July 1920.
TB-29	Nicholson	Lewis Nixon, Elizabethport, N.J.	4 May 1898	6 December 1898	23 September 1901	10 January 1905	Stricken 3 March 1909 and used as Target No.6.
TB-30	O'Brien	Lewis Nixon, Elizabethport, N.J.	4 May 1898	29 December 1898	24 September 1900	15 July 1905	Stricken 3 March 1909 and used as Target No.5.
TB-31	Shubrick	William R. Trigg Co., Richmond, Va.	4 May 1898	11 March 1899	31 October 1899	31 May 1901 (first log started 19 November 1901)	Renamed CTB-15 on 1 August 1918; sold 10 March 1920.
TB-32	Stockton	William R. Trigg Co., Richmond, Va.	4 May 1898	18 March 1899	27 December 1899	14 March 1901 (first log started 14 November 1901)	Stricken 15 November 1913 and sunk as target September 1916.
TB-33	Thornton	William R. Trigg Co., Richmond, Va.	4 May 1898	16 March 1899	15 May 1900	9 June 1902	Renamed CTB-16 on 1 August 1918; sold 28 August 1920.
TB-34	Tingey	Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland	4 May 1898	29 March 1899	25 March 1901	7 January 1904	Renamed CTB-17 on 1 August 1918; sold 10 March 1920.
TB-35	Wilkes	Gas Engine & Power Co., Morris Heights, New York	4 May 1898	3 June 1899	28 September 1901	18 September 1902	Stricken 15 November 1913 and sunk as target 1914.

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