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USS STILETTO (Wooden Torpedo Boat # 1, WTB-1)

CLASS - Stiletto As Built.
Displacement 31 Tons.
Dimensions 94' (oa) x 11' 6" x 3'.
Armament None originally, had 2 single Howell torpedoes in 1898.
Speed 18.2 Knots, Crew 6.
Operational and Building Data
Builder, Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, R.I.
Laid down 1885.
Launched 1886.
Commissioned July 1887.
Stricken 27 January 1911.
Fate sold on 18 July 1911 at Newport, R.I., to James F. Nolan of East Boston, Mass., for scrapping.

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Stiletto 29kUndated, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Stiletto 70kStarboard bow view of USS Stilletto firing a torpedo, location unknown. Photo # 19-N-6851-A from Haze Gray & Underway.Robert Hurst
Stiletto 64kCirca 1886, location unknown.Robert Hurst
Stiletto 96kUSS Stiletto (WTB-1) laid up in 1889 after a collision with a steam launch. Photo from from "Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905".Robert Hurst
Stiletto 77kStarboard side view of USS Stilletto (Wooden Torpedo Boat # 1) underway circa 1891, location unknown. Photo # 19-A-2-123 from Haze Gray & Underway.Robert Hurst
USS Stiletto WTB-1 History
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