&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:TB-35.jpg) USS Wilkes (TB-35), trnning trials before installation of armament, about 1901.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Wilkes |
| Namesake | Rear admiral Charles Wilkes |
| Builder | Gas Engine & Power Company & Charles L. Seabury Company, Morris Heights, New York |
| Laid down | 3 June 1899 |
| Launched | 28 September 1901 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Harriet E. Rankin |
| Commissioned | 18 September 1902 |
| Decommissioned | 14 November 1913 |
| Stricken | 15 November 1913 |
| Fate | Sunk as a target, 1914 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Blakely-class torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 165 long tons (168 t)[2] |
| Length | 175 ft (53 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft 7 in (5.36 m) |
| Draft | 4 ft 8 in (1.42 m) (mean)[2] |
| Installed power | not known |
| Propulsion | not known |
| Speed | 25.99 kn (29.91 mph; 48.13 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2] |
| Complement | 28 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 3 × 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.
- ^ "USS Thornton (TB-33)". 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.