USS Nicholson (TB-29)

USS Nicholson (TB-29) was a Blakely-class torpedo boat in the United States Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Nicholson.
USS Nicholson (TB-29), circa 1902, location unknown.
History
United States
Name: Nicholson
Namesake:
Builder: Lewis Nixon Shipyard, Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Laid down: 6 December 1898
Launched: 23 September 1901
Sponsored by: Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
Commissioned: 10 January 1905
Decommissioned: date unknown
Stricken: 3 March 1909
Fate: Used as a target
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Blakely-class torpedo boat
Displacement: 218 long tons (221 t)
Length: 157 ft (48 m)
Beam: 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m)
Draft: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) (mean)[2]
Installed power: not known
Propulsion: not known
Speed:
  • 25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h)
  • 25.74 kn (29.62 mph; 47.67 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2]
Complement: 28 officers and enlisted
Armament: 3 × 1-pounder, 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

Built in Elizabeth, New Jersey

The first ship to be so named by the Navy, Nicholson (TB–29) was laid down 6 December 1898 by Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey; launched 23 September 1901; sponsored by Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont; and commissioned at New York City 10 January 1905, Lt. W. S. Miller in command.

Service with the U.S. Navy

Nicholson served with the Atlantic Fleet until struck from the Navy List 3 March 1909.

Inactivation

Nicholson was disposed of by being used as a target.

References
  1. "USS Nicholson (TB-29)". Navsource.org. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  2. "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.
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