USS Wilkes (TB-35)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Wilkes.
USS Wilkes (TB-35), trnning trials before installation of armament, about 1901.
USS Wilkes (TB-35), trnning trials before installation of armament, about 1901.
History
United States
NameWilkes
NamesakeRear admiral Charles Wilkes
BuilderGas Engine & Power Company & Charles L. Seabury Company, Morris Heights, New York
Laid down3 June 1899
Launched28 September 1901
Sponsored byMiss Harriet E. Rankin
Commissioned18 September 1902
Decommissioned14 November 1913
Stricken15 November 1913
FateSunk as a target, 1914
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeBlakely-class torpedo boat
Displacement165 long tons (168 t)[2]
Length175 ft (53 m)
Beam17 ft 7 in (5.36 m)
Draft4 ft 8 in (1.42 m) (mean)[2]
Installed powernot known
Propulsionnot known
Speed25.99 kn (29.91 mph; 48.13 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2]
Complement28 officers and enlisted
Armament3 × 1-pounder, 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

The first USS Wilkes (TB-35) was a Blakely-class torpedo boat in the United States Navy.

  1. ^ "USS Thornton (TB-33)". Navsource.org. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.