USS Porter (TB-6)

USS Porter (TB-6), October 3, 1897.
History
United States
Name	Porter
Namesake	Commodore David Porter Admiral David Dixon Porter
Ordered	2 March 1895
Builder	Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Rhode Island
Laid down	February 1896
Launched	9 September 1896
Sponsored by	Miss Agnes M. Herreshoff
Commissioned	20 February 1897
Decommissioned	1912
Stricken	6 November 1912
Identification	TB-6
Fate	Sold, 30 December 1912
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Porter-class torpedo boat
Displacement	165 long tons (168 t)[2]
Length	175 ft 6 in (53.49 m)
Beam	17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
Draft	4 ft 8 in (1.42 m) (mean)[2]
Installed power	3 × Normand boilers 3,200 ihp (2,386 kW)
Propulsion	vertical quadruple expansion engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) 28.63 kn (32.95 mph; 53.02 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2]
Complement	32 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) guns 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (3x1)

USS Porter (Torpedo Boat No. 6/TB-6) was a torpedo boat, the first of her class, launched in 1896, served during the Spanish–American War, and struck in 1912. She was the first Navy ship named for Commodore David Porter, and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter.

Porter was laid down in February 1896 by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Rhode Island: launched on 9 September 1896, sponsored by Miss Agnes M. Herreshoff; and commissioned on 20 February 1897 at Newport, R.I.