USS Winslow (TB-5)
USS Winslow (TB-5), photographed circa 1898, with a small "water taxi" rowing past her bow. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Winslow |
| Namesake | Rear admiral John Ancrum Winslow |
| Ordered | 26 July 1894 (authorised) |
| Builder | Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, Maryland |
| Laid down | 8 May 1896 |
| Launched | 8 May 1897 |
| Sponsored by | Miss E. H. Hazel |
| Commissioned | 29 December 1897 |
| Decommissioned | 12 July 1910 |
| Stricken | 12 July 1910 |
| Identification | TB-5 |
| Fate | Sold, January 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Foote-class torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 142 long tons (144 t) |
| Length | 161 ft 6.75 in (49.2443 m) |
| Beam | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) (mean) |
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| Complement | 20 officers and enlisted |
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USS Winslow (Torpedo Boat No. 5/TB-5) was a United States Navy torpedo boat noted for its involvement at the First and Second Battle of Cardenas during the Spanish–American War. She was named for Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow.