USS Craven (TB-10)

The first USS Craven (Torpedo Boat Destroyer No. 10/TB-10), was launched 25 September 1899 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Miss A. Craven, granddaughter of Commander Craven; and commissioned 9 June 1900.

USS Craven (TB-10), Biddle (TB-26) and Barney (TB-25) washed ashore at Charleston Navy Yard by a hurricane on 28 August 1911.
USS Craven (TB-10), Biddle and Barney washed ashore at Charleston Navy Yard by a hurricane on 28 August 1911.
History
United States
NamesakeCommander Tunis Craven
Ordered10 June 1896 (authorized)
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, ME
Laid down6 December 1897
Launched25 September 1899
Sponsored byMiss A. Craven, granddaughter of Commander Craven
Commissioned9 June 1900
Decommissioned14 November 1913
IdentificationTB-10
FateUsed as target
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeDahlgren-class torpedo boat
Displacement146 long tons (148 t)[2]
Length151 ft 4 in (46.13 m)
Beam16 ft 5 in (5.00 m)
Draft4 ft 7 in (1.40 m) (mean)[2]
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
  • 30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2]
Complement29 officers and enlisted
Armament

Sailing from Portsmouth Navy Yard 19 June 1900, Craven reported to the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport 21 June and served there until 2 December when she returned to Portsmouth. She was placed out of commission there 5 December 1900.

Recommissioned 24 October 1902, Craven served at the Torpedo Station at Newport until 12 December 1903 when she sailed to New York Navy Yard. She was placed out of commission again 22 December 1903. Except for service with the Torpedo Station in 1906 and 1907, she remained out of commission until 14 December 1907 when she was assigned to the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at Norfolk Navy Yard. In 1908 she was transferred to Charleston, South Carolina, where she was decommissioned 14 November 1913 and used as a target.

References

  1. "USS Craven (TB-10)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.
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