USS Cushing (TB-1)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Cushing.
USS Cushing (Torpedo Boat #1/TB-1) was a torpedo boat in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War. She was named for William B. Cushing.
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USS Cushing (TB-1), underway during the 1890s. | |
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United States | |
Name | Cushing |
Namesake | Commander William B. Cushing |
Ordered | 3 August 1886 (authorised) |
Builder | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island |
Laid down | April 1888 |
Launched | 23 January 1890 |
Sponsored by | Miss K. B. Herreshoff |
Commissioned | 22 April 1890 |
Decommissioned | 11 November 1891 |
Recommissioned | 11 January 1892 |
Decommissioned | 8 November 1898 |
Identification | TB-1 |
Fate | Sunk as target 24 September 1920 |
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Class and type | Cushing-class torpedo boat |
Displacement | 105 long tons (107 t)[2] |
Length | 140 ft (43 m) |
Beam | 15 ft 1 in (4.60 m) |
Draft | 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m) (mean)[2] |
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Complement | 22 officers and enlisted |
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Cushing was launched on 23 January 1890 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island; sponsored by Miss K. B. Herreshoff; and commissioned on 22 April 1890, Lieutenant C. M. Winslow in command.