USS Somers (TB-22)
(For other ships with the same name, see USS Somers.) The third USS Somers (Torpedo Boat No. 22/TB-22/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 9), a steel torpedo boat built as a private speculation by Friedrich Schichau, Elbing, Germany, was launched in 1897 as yard No. 450; purchased for the United States Navy on 25 March 1898; commissioned on 28 March 1898, Lieutenant John J. Knapp in command; and named Somers the next day.
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USS Somers (TB-22)
(For other ships with the same name, see USS Somers.) The third USS Somers (Torpedo Boat No. 22/TB-22/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 9), a steel torpedo boat built as a private speculation by Friedrich Schichau, Elbing, Germany, was launched in 1897 as yard No. 450; purchased for the United States Navy on 25 March 1898; commissioned on 28 March 1898, Lieutenant John J. Knapp in command; and named Somers the next day.
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1898-03-25
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1909-06-26
1914-10-13
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1898-03-28
1914-08-17
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1914-10-13
1919-03-22
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4.75488e+1
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sold for scrapping, 19 July 1920
sold, 25 March 1898, to the US Navy
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*As Somers: 4 × 1-pounder () g ...... × Y-gun depth charge projector
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Ship complement
*As Somers: 24
*As Coastal Torpedo Boat No. 9: 34
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*As Coastal Torpedo Boat No. 9:
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name changed so it could be used for
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Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at the Norfolk Navy Yard
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*As Coastal Torpedo Boat No. 9:
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*1 × vertical quadruple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
*1 × Loco boiler
*1 × screw
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1919-10-07
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USS Somers (TB-22)
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No. 450
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Somers
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