Monday, October 31, 2022

USS Winslow (TB-5)

From Wikipedia.

The USS Winslow was noted for its participation in the 1st and 2nd Battles of Cardenas during the Spanish-American War.

It  and launched 8 May 1897.was laid down at Baltimore, Maryland, and commissioned 29 December of that year with Lieutenant John B. Bernadou in command.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Length:  161 feet 

Beam:  16 feet

Speed:  25 knots

Complement:  20 officers and enlisted

Armament:  

three 1-pounder guns

three 18-inch torpedo tubes

--Cooter


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