USS Nicholson (TB-29)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Nicholson.
.jpg) USS Nicholson (TB-29), circa 1902, location unknown. | |
| History | |
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 United States
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| Name: | Nicholson |
| Namesake: | |
| Builder: | Lewis Nixon Shipyard, Elizabethtown, New Jersey |
| Laid down: | 6 December 1898 |
| Launched: | 23 September 1901 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont |
| Commissioned: | 10 January 1905 |
| Decommissioned: | date unknown |
| Struck: | 3 March 1909 |
| Fate: | Used as a target |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Blakely-class torpedo boat |
| Displacement: | 218 long tons (221 t) |
| Length: | 157 ft (48 m) |
| Beam: | 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m) |
| Draft: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) (mean)[2] |
| Installed power: | not known |
| Propulsion: | not known |
| Speed: | |
| Complement: | 28 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 3 × 1-pounder, 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Nicholson (TB-29) was a Blakely-class torpedo boat in the United States Navy.
Built in Elizabeth, New Jersey
The first ship to be so named by the Navy, Nicholson (TB–29) was laid down 6 December 1898 by Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey; launched 23 September 1901; sponsored by Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont; and commissioned at New York City 10 January 1905, Lt. W. S. Miller in command.
Service with the U.S. Navy
Nicholson served with the Atlantic Fleet until struck from the Navy List 3 March 1909.
Inactivation
‘’Nicholson’’ was disposed of by being used as a target.
References
- ↑ "USS Nicholson (TB-29)". Navsource.org. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- 1 2 "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set (U.S. Government Printing Office): 714. 1921.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Information about Lewis Nixon and naval architect Arthur Leopold Busch at this Crescent Shipyard site.
- NavSource Naval History Photographic History of the United States Navytographic History of the United States Navy - USS NICHOLSON (Torpedo Boat # 29, TB-29)
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