USS Rodgers (TB-4)

USS Rodgers (TB-4), photographed circa 1897-98.
History
United States
Name	Rodgers
Namesake	John Rodgers (1772–1838) John Rodgers (American Civil War naval officer)
Ordered	26 July 1894 (authorised)
Builder	Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, Maryland
Laid down	6 May 1896
Launched	10 November 1896
Commissioned	2 April 1898
Decommissioned	12 March 1919
Renamed	Coast Torpedo Boat No. 2, 1 August 1918
Stricken	28 October 1919
Identification	TB-4
Fate	Sold, 19 July 1920
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Foote-class torpedo boat
Displacement	142 long tons (144 t)[2]
Length	160 ft (49 m)
Beam	16 ft 1 in (4.90 m)
Draft	5 ft (1.5 m) (mean)[2]
Installed power	2 × Mosher boilers 2,000 ihp (1,491 kW)
Propulsion	vertical triple expansion engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h) 24.49 kn (28.18 mph; 45.36 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2]
Complement	20 officers and enlisted
Armament	3 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) guns 3 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (3x1)

The second USS Rodgers (Torpedo Boat No. 4/TB-4/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 2) was a United States Navy torpedo boat, laid down by the Columbian Iron Works & Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, Maryland, on 6 May 1896; launched on 10 November 1896; and commissioned on 2 April 1898, Lt. Joseph Lee Jayne in command. It was named after John Rodgers as well as John Rodgers.