&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ericsson1.jpg) USS Ericsson (TB-2), photographed circa 1897-98, with either USS Cincinnati or USS Raleigh in the left background.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Ericsson |
| Ordered | 30 June 1890 (authorised) |
| Builder | Iowa Iron Works, Dubuque, Iowa |
| Laid down | 21 July 1892 |
| Launched | 12 May 1894 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Carrie Kiene |
| Commissioned | 18 February 1897 |
| Decommissioned | 5 April 1912 |
| Identification | TB-2 |
| Fate | Sunk as target |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Ericsson-class torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 120 long tons (120 t)[2] |
| Length | 149 ft 7 in (45.59 m) |
| Beam | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
| Draft | 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m) (mean)[2] |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 24 kn (28 mph; 44 km/h) |
| Complement | 22 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | |
The first USS Ericsson (Torpedo Boat # 2/TB-2) was the second torpedo boat built for the United States Navy. The first,Cushing, had been built seven years earlier.[3]
Ericsson was launched on 12 May 1894 by Iowa Iron Works, Dubuque, Iowa; sponsored by Miss Carrie Kiene; and commissioned on 18 February 1897. It was named for John Ericsson, designer of the USS Monitor.
- ^ "USS Ericsson (TB-2)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.
- ^ Ford, Roger (2001) The Encyclopedia of Ships, p. 241. Amber Books, London. ISBN 978-1-905704-43-9