USS Cushing (TB-1)

Cushing
USS Cushing (TB-1), underway during the 1890s.
History
United States
NameCushing
NamesakeCommander William B. Cushing
Ordered3 August 1886 (authorised)
BuilderHerreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island
Laid downApril 1888
Launched23 January 1890
Sponsored byMiss K. B. Herreshoff
Commissioned22 April 1890
Decommissioned11 November 1891
Recommissioned11 January 1892
Decommissioned8 November 1898
IdentificationTB-1
FateSunk as target 24 September 1920
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCushing-class torpedo boat
Displacement105 long tons (107 t)[2]
Length140 ft (43 m)
Beam15 ft 1 in (4.60 m)
Draft4 ft 10 in (1.47 m) (mean)[2]
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 23 kn (26 mph; 43 km/h)
  • 22.5 kn (25.9 mph; 41.7 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2]
Complement22 officers and enlisted
Armament

USS Cushing (Torpedo Boat #1/TB-1) was a torpedo boat in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War. She was named for William B. Cushing.

Cushing was launched on 23 January 1890 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island; sponsored by Miss K. B. Herreshoff; and commissioned on 22 April 1890, Lieutenant C. M. Winslow in command.

  1. ^ "USS Cushing (TB-1)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.
  3. ^ a b c d e Ford, Roger (2001) The Encyclopedia of Ships, p. 241. Amber Books, London. ISBN 978-1-905704-43-9