List of torpedo boats of the United States Navy

This list of steam-driven torpedo boats of the United States Navy includes all ships with the hull classification symbol TB, running from TB-1 of 1890 to TB-35 of 1901. It does not include the Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats of World War II.

The first torpedo-boat to serve with the United States Navy was the experimental Stiletto of 31 tons, built in 1885-86 as a yacht by the Herreschoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island. Designated WTB-1 (for "Wooden Torpedo Boat"), she was purchased under the Act of 3 March 1887 for use as a torpedo boat for experimental purposes and commissioned in July 1887. She measured 94 ft overall (88 ft 6in waterline) x 11 ft 6in x 3 ft, and had a 1-shaft vertical compound engine of 359 ihp, achieving 18.2 knots. She was stricken on 27 January 1911 and sold on 18 July 1911.

The authorisation for the following steel torpedo-boats was as follows:

• Act of 3 August 1886: TB-1
• Act of 30 June 1890: TB-2
• Act of 26 July 1894: TB-3 to TB-5
• Act of 2 March 1895: TB-6 to TB-8
• Act of 10 June 1896: TB-9 to TB-18
• Act of 3 March 1897: TB-19 to TB-23
• Act of 4 May 1898: TB-24 to TB-35 (also the first sixteen TBDs - see Bainbridge-class destroyer)

Re-classification in 1918

On 1 August 1918 all 17 surviving torpedo boats were redesignated as Coast Torpedo Boats and given numbers in place of their original names and were subsequently sold for breaking up in 1919 and 1920.

Cushing class torpedo boat

Ericsson class torpedo boat

Foote class torpedo boats

Porter class torpedo boats

Rowan class torpedo boat

Dahlgren class torpedo boats

Farragut class torpedo boat

Davis class torpedo boats

Morris class torpedo boat

Talbot class torpedo boats

MacKenzie class torpedo boats

Stringham class torpedo boat

Goldsborough class torpedo boat

Bailey class torpedo boat

Somers class torpedo boat

Manley class torpedo boat

Bagley class torpedo boats

Blakely class torpedo boats

List of torpedo boats

See also

• PT boat
• United States Navy torpedo retrievers
• List of United States Navy ships

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