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USS FOOTE (Torpedo Boat # 3, TB-3)
later renamed Coast Torpedo Boat # 1

CLASS - Foote As Built.
Displacement 142 Tons.
Dimensions 160' (oa) x 16' 1" x 5'.
Armament 2 x tt.
Speed 25 Knots, Crew 20.
Operational and Building Data
Builder Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, Md.
Launched 1 October 1896.
Commissioned 7 August 1897.
Renamed Coast Torpedo Boat # 1, 1 August 1918.
Decommissioned 28 March 1919.
Fate sold 19 July 1920.

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Foote 87kAndrew Hull Foote, born 12 September 1806 at New Haven, Conn., entered the Navy 4 December 1822 as a midshipman. Commanding Portsmouth in the East India Squadron on 20 and 21 November 1856, Foote led a landing party which seized the barrier forts at Canton, China, in reprisal for attacks on American ships. From 30 August 1861 to 9 May 1862, Foote commanded the Naval Forces on Western Rivers with distinction, organizing and leading the gunboat flotilla in the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson and Island No. 10. Wounded in action at Fort Donelson, Foote was commissioned Rear Admiral 16 July 1862, and was on his way to take command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron when he died at New York 26 June 1863.NHC
Foote 107kPhoto #: NH 64065. USS Foote (TB-3) photographed circa 1896-97. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.NHC
Foote 72kPhoto #: NH 74093. Cira 1897, location unknown.Terry Miller, Executive Director, Tin Can Sailors Inc.
USS Foote TB-3 History
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