USS Cushing (TB-1)
USS Cushing (TB-1), underway during the 1890s. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Cushing |
| Namesake | Commander William B. Cushing |
| Ordered | 3 August 1886 (authorised) |
| Builder | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island |
| Laid down | April 1888 |
| Launched | 23 January 1890 |
| Sponsored by | Miss K. B. Herreshoff |
| Commissioned | 22 April 1890 |
| Decommissioned | 11 November 1891 |
| Recommissioned | 11 January 1892 |
| Decommissioned | 8 November 1898 |
| Identification | TB-1 |
| Fate | Sunk as target 24 September 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cushing-class torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 105 long tons (107 t) |
| Length | 140 ft (43 m) |
| Beam | 15 ft 1 in (4.60 m) |
| Draft | 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m) (mean) |
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| Complement | 22 officers and enlisted |
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USS Cushing (Torpedo Boat #1/TB-1) was a torpedo boat in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War. She was named for William B. Cushing.
Cushing was launched on 23 January 1890 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island; sponsored by Miss K. B. Herreshoff; and commissioned on 22 April 1890, Lieutenant C. M. Winslow in command.