USS Winslow (TB-5)

USS Winslow (TB-5), photographed circa 1898, with a small "water taxi" rowing past her bow.
History
United States
NameWinslow
NamesakeRear admiral John Ancrum Winslow
Ordered26 July 1894 (authorised)
BuilderColumbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, Maryland
Laid down8 May 1896
Launched8 May 1897
Sponsored byMiss E. H. Hazel
Commissioned29 December 1897
Decommissioned12 July 1910
Stricken12 July 1910
IdentificationTB-5
FateSold, January 1920
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeFoote-class torpedo boat
Displacement142 long tons (144 t)[2]
Length161 ft 6.75 in (49.2443 m)
Beam16 ft (4.9 m)
Draft5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) (mean)[2]
Installed power
  • 2 × Mosher boilers
  • 2,000 ihp (1,491 kW)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h)
  • 24.82 kn (28.56 mph; 45.97 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2]
Complement20 officers and enlisted
Armament

USS Winslow (Torpedo Boat No. 5/TB-5) was a United States Navy torpedo boat noted for its involvement at the First and Second Battle of Cardenas during the Spanish–American War. She was named for Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow.

  1. ^ "USS Winslow (TB-5)". 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.