Torpedo boat of the United States Navy
USS O'Brien TB-30, undated, running trials before installation of armament.
History
United States
Name O’Brien
Namesake Captain Jeremiah O’Brien (1744–1818)
Builder Lewis Nixon Shipyard , Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Laid down 29 December 1898
Launched 24 September 1900
Sponsored by Miss Mira O’Brien, great-great granddaughter of Joseph O’Brien
Commissioned 15 July 1905; 119 years ago (1905 )
Decommissioned date unknown
Stricken 3 March 1909; 115 years ago (1909 )
Fate Used as a target
General characteristics [ 1]
Class and type Blakely -class torpedo boat
Displacement 220 long tons (220 t)
Length 157 ft (48 m)
Beam 17 ft (5.2 m)
Draft 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) (mean)[ 2]
Installed power not known
Propulsion not known
Speed 25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h)[ 2]
Complement 28 officers and enlisted
Armament 3 × 1-pounder , 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
USS O’Brien (TB-30) was a Blakely -class torpedo boat in the United States Navy named after Captain Jeremiah O'Brien and his five brothers, Gideon, John, William, Dennis and Joseph, who captured HMS Margaretta on June 12, 1775 during the American Revolution .
Built in Elizabeth, New Jersey
The first ship to be so named by the Navy, O’Brien (Torpedo Boat 30) was laid down under the direct supervision of naval architect Arthur Leopold Busch at Navy Lt. Lewis Nixon 's, Crescent Shipyard of Elizabethport, New Jersey , 29 December 1898; launched 24 September 1900; sponsored by Miss Mira O’Brien, great-great granddaughter of Joseph O’Brien; and commissioned 15 July 1905.
Service with the U.S. Navy
Between August 1905 and April 1906, she operated with the coastal squadron between Newport, Rhode Island , and Pensacola, Florida .
Inactivation
Placed in the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla 7 May 1906, at the Norfolk Navy Yard , she was struck from the Navy List 3 March 1909 and used as target.
References
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1909
Shipwrecks Other incidents