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| No Photo Available | John Gunnell Talbot born on 16 August 1844 at Danbury, Ky. was appointed a midshipman in 1862 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy on 12 June 1866. Commissioned ensign on 12 March 1868, Talbot attained the rank of master on 26 March 1869 and of lieutenant on 21 March 1870. He was serving as executive officer of Saginaw when that steamer grounded on a reef off Ocean Island in the mid-Pacific on 29 October 1870 and broke up. Lt. Talbot and four men volunteered to go to Honolulu, the nearest port, 1,500 miles away, for help. The men began the voyage in an open boat on 18 November and reached Kauai, Hawaii, on 19 December. However, as the party attempted to get through the heavy surf to shore, their boat capsized. Lt. Talbot and three others drowned while attempting to swim through the rough breakers to shore. The lone survivor reported the wreck of Saginaw, and her crew was saved. | NHC | ||
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64k | USS Talbot (TB-15) photographed circa 1898 with the signature of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz who commanded Talbot on 6 and 16 July 1909 for special operations while still commanding the USS Plunger (SS-2) . NHC photo 58112. The U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph NH 63733 is the same photo without the signature. | Terry Miller, Executive Director, Tin Can Sailors Inc. | |
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74k | USS Talbot (TB-5) underway, circa the early 1900s (Photo # NH 63732). | Robert Hurst | |
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59k | USS Talbot at the New York Navy Yard, November 1900. The armoured cruiser New York is in the background (Photo # 19-N-15-15-4). | Robert Hurst | |
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108k | USS Talbot under tow by a steam launch, at the New York Navy Yard, November 1900 (Photo # 19-N-15-15-5). | Robert Hurst | |
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65k | Photo #: NH 100042. Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Torpedo boats of the Atlantic Fleet Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at the Norfolk Navy Yard, circa 1907. Most of these craft are partially dismantled. The two boats in the front right and the one in the front left (listed in no particular order) are: USS Bagley (TB-24), USS Barney (TB-25) and USS Biddle (TB-26). The two larger boats between them, in the foreground are (left to right): USS DuPont (TB-7) and USS Porter (TB- 6). The three boats in the back row are (left to right): One of the three Torpedo Boat # 3 class (Foote, Rodgers or Winslow), USS Cushing (TB-1) and either USS Gwin (TB-16) or USS Talbot (TB-15). The receiving ship USS Franklin (1867-1915) and a two-masted schooner are in the distance. Courtesy of R.D. Jeska, 1984. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | NHC | |
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