USS Talbot (TB-15)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Talbot.
USS Talbot (TB-15)
USS Talbot (TB-15), underway, circa the early 1900s.
History
United States
NameTalbot
NamesakeLieutenant John G. Talbot
Ordered10 June 1896 (authorised)
BuilderHerreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, RI
Laid down8 April 1897
Launched14 November 1897
Commissioned4 April 1898
Decommissioned18 June 1940
RenamedBerceau, 11 April 1918
Reclassifiedas YFB-3, 17 July 1920
Stricken18 July 1944
Identification
FateSold for scrap, 18 July 1944
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeTalbot-class torpedo boat
Displacement46 long tons (47 t)[2]
Length99 ft 6 in (30.33 m)
Beam12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Draft3 ft 3 in (0.99 m) (mean)[2]
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)
  • 21.15 kn (24.34 mph; 39.17 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2]
Complement16 officers and enlisted
Armament

The first USS Talbot (Torpedo Boat No. 15/TB-15/YFB-3) was a torpedo boat in the United States Navy.

  1. ^ "USS Talbot (TB-15)". Navsource.org. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Table 11 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 725. 1921.