USS Farragut (TB-11)
| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 10 June 1896 (authorized) |
| Builder: | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA |
| Laid down: | 26 July 1897 |
| Launched: | 16 July 1898 |
| Commissioned: | 22 March 1899 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 March 1919 |
| Renamed: | Coast Torpedo Boat No. 5, 1 August 1918 |
| Fate: | sold, 9 September 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 279 tons |
| Length: | 214 ft (65 m) |
| Beam: | 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) |
| Draft: | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3 Thornycroft boilers, 2-shaft vertical triple expansion engines, 5,878 ihp (4,326 kW) |
| Speed: | 30 kn |
| Complement: | 66 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 6-pounder guns 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes |
The first USS Farragut (Torpedo Boat No. 11/TB-11/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 5) was a torpedo boat in the United States Navy. She was named for David Farragut, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War.
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