USS Stockton (TB-32)

The first Stockton was launched on 27 December 1899 by William R. Trigg Company, Richmond, Va.; sponsored by Miss Katherine Stockton; and commissioned on 14 March 1901, Lt. Archibald H. Davis in command.

USS Stockton (TB-32), underway during the early 1900s. Note the round identification shape carried on her foremast.
History
United States
Name: Stockton
Namesake: Commodore Robert F. Stockton
Builder: William R. Trigg Company, Richmond, Virginia
Launched: 27 December 1899
Sponsored by: Miss Katherine Stockton
Commissioned: 14 March 1901
Decommissioned: 14 November 1913
Stricken: 15 November 1913
Fate: sunk by battleships and destroyers of the Atlantic Fleet during September 1916
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Blakely-class torpedo boat
Displacement: 200 long tons (200 t)[2]
Length: 175 ft (53 m)
Beam: 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m)
Draft: 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) (mean)[2]
Installed power: not known
Propulsion: not known
Speed:
  • 25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h)
  • 25.79 kn (29.68 mph; 47.76 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2]
Complement: 29 officers and enlisted
Armament: 3 × 1-pounder, 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

Stockton remained at Norfolk Navy Yard until 14 November 1901 when she sailed for Port Royal, S.C. Decommissioned on 16 November, she remained there into the following year. Recommissioned on 7 June 1902, Stockton steamed, via New London, Conn., to Newport, R.I. On 25 August, the torpedo boat was ordered to the Caribbean. Arriving at Key West, Fla., on 3 October 1902, Stockton subsequently cruised off Hispaniola and Puerto Rico before returning to Key West on 14 January 1903. She reached Norfolk a fortnight later and was decommissioned there on 16 February.

Stockton was recommissioned on 11 June 1906 and assigned to the 3d Torpedo Flotilla the following day. She remained on the United States east coast into 1909, attached to the 3d Torpedo Flotilla. Transferred to the 1st Torpedo Division on 9 September 1909, she participated in the Hudson–Fulton Celebration during October 1909.

Stockton was placed in reserve on 9 November 1909 and, but for occasional cruises as far north as New York City, remained at Charleston Navy Yard into 1913. Decommissioned at Charleston Navy Yard on 14 November 1913, Stockton was struck from the Navy list on 15 November. On 25 May 1914, the torpedo boat was ordered prepared for use as a target and was sunk by battleships and destroyers of the Atlantic Fleet during September 1916.

Sources
  1. "USS Stockton (TB-32)". 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.

Bibliography
  • Sieche, Erwin F. (1990). "Austria-Hungary's Last Visit to the USA". Warship International. XXVII (2): 142–164. ISSN 0043-0374.

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