&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_TINGEY_(TB-34).jpg) USS Tingey (TB-34), off Kaign Avenue, Camden, NJ, 1908.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Tingey |
| Namesake | Commodore Thomas Tingey |
| Builder | Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Laid down | 29 March 1899 |
| Launched | 26 March 1901 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Anna T. Craven, the great-great-granddaughter of Commodore Thomas Tingey |
| Commissioned | 7 January 1904 |
| Decommissioned | 30 January 1919 |
| Renamed |
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| Stricken | 28 October 1919 |
| Fate | Sold, 10 March 1920, to the Independent Pier Co., of Philadelphia, Pa. |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Blakely-class torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 165 long tons (168 t)[2] |
| Length | 176 ft (54 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
| Draft | 4 ft 8 in (1.42 m) (mean)[2] |
| Installed power | not known |
| Propulsion | not known |
| Speed | |
| Complement | 28 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 3 × 1-pounder, 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Tingey (TB-34) was a Blakely-class torpedo boat of the United States Navy. She was the first of three ships to be named after Commodore Thomas Tingey.
The first Tingey (Torpedo Boat No. 34) was laid down on 29 March 1899 at Baltimore, Maryland, by the Columbian Iron Works, launched on 25 March 1901. This was sponsored by Miss Anna T. Craven, the great-great-granddaughter of Commodore Tingey, and commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, on 7 January 1904.
- ^ "USS Tingey (TB-34)". Navsource.org. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.