USS Gwin (TB-16)
The first USS Gwin (Torpedo Boat No. 16/TB-16/YFB-4), was launched 15 November 1897 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Rhode Island, and commissioned at Newport 4 April 1898, Lt, (j.g.) C. S. Williams in command. She departed Newport 24 June, cruising down the eastern seaboard as far as Florida, thence on patrol off Cuba from 6 August to 14 August 1898 as America went to war with Spain. She returned north to Annapolis 31 August and served as cadet training ship for the US Naval Academy until placed in reserve at Norfolk on 10 July 1903.
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USS Gwin (TB-16)
The first USS Gwin (Torpedo Boat No. 16/TB-16/YFB-4), was launched 15 November 1897 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Rhode Island, and commissioned at Newport 4 April 1898, Lt, (j.g.) C. S. Williams in command. She departed Newport 24 June, cruising down the eastern seaboard as far as Florida, thence on patrol off Cuba from 6 August to 14 August 1898 as America went to war with Spain. She returned north to Annapolis 31 August and served as cadet training ship for the US Naval Academy until placed in reserve at Norfolk on 10 July 1903.
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The first USS Gwin (Torpedo Bo ...... r scrapping 24 September 1925.
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commissioning date
1898-04-04
decommissioning date
1925-04-30
laying down
1897-04-14
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1896-06-10
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ship launched
1897-11-15
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sold for scrap, 24 September 1925
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Ship armament
*1 × 1-pounder () guns
*1 × torpedo tubes
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*TB-16
*Hull symbol:YFB-4
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*vertical triple expansion engine
*1 × screw propellers
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Ship struck
1925-04-30
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The first USS Gwin (Torpedo Bo ...... ve at Norfolk on 10 July 1903.
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USS Gwin (TB-16)
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Gwin
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