USS Rodgers (TB-4)

USS Rodgers
USS Rodgers (TB-4), photographed circa 1897-98.
History
United States
NameRodgers
Namesake
Ordered26 July 1894 (authorised)
BuilderColumbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, Maryland
Laid down6 May 1896
Launched10 November 1896
Commissioned2 April 1898
Decommissioned12 March 1919
Renamed
  • Coast Torpedo Boat No. 2,
  • 1 August 1918
Stricken28 October 1919
IdentificationTB-4
FateSold, 19 July 1920
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeFoote-class torpedo boat
Displacement142 long tons (144 t)[2]
Length160 ft (49 m)
Beam16 ft 1 in (4.90 m)
Draft5 ft (1.5 m) (mean)[2]
Installed power
  • 2 × Mosher boilers
  • 2,000 ihp (1,491 kW)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h)
  • 24.49 kn (28.18 mph; 45.36 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2]
Complement20 officers and enlisted
Armament

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.

  1. ^ "USS Rodgers (TB-4)". 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.