USS Somers (TB-22)

	USS Somers (TB-22), 21 February 1900, location unknown.
History
German Empire
Name	No. 450
Namesake	Master Commandant Richard Somers
Builder	Ferdinand Schichau, Elbing, German Empire
Laid down	1897
Fate	Sold, 25 March 1898, to the US Navy
United States
Name	Somers
Namesake	Master Commandant Richard Somers
Acquired	purchased, 25 March 1898
Commissioned	28 March 1898
Decommissioned	1901
Operator	Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at the Norfolk Navy Yard
In service	1901
Out of service	1909
Operator	Maryland Naval Militia
In service	26 June 1909
Out of service	1914
Operator	US Navy
Commissioned	17 August 1914
Decommissioned	13 October 1914
Operator	Illinois Naval Militia
In service	13 October 1914
Out of service	1919
Operator	US Navy
Commissioned	1919
Decommissioned	22 March 1919
Renamed	Coast Torpedo Boat No. 9,; 1 August 1918;
Stricken	7 October 1919
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 19 July 1920
Notes	name changed so it could be used for USS Somers (DD-301)
General characteristics
Class & type	Somers-class torpedo boat
Displacement	As Somers: 143 long tons (145 t); As Coastal Torpedo Boat No. 9: 150 long tons (150 t);
Length	156 ft (48 m)
Beam	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Draft	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Installed power	As Somers: 1,700 ihp (1,300 kW); As Coastal Torpedo Boat No. 9: 1,900 ihp (1,400 kW);
Propulsion	1 × vertical quadruple-expansion reciprocating steam engine; 1 × Loco boiler; 1 × screw;
Speed	As Somers: 23 kn (26 mph; 43 km/h); 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) (Speed on Trial); As Coastal Torpedo Boat No. 9: 17.5 kn (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h);
Capacity	38 short tons (34 t) coal
Complement	As Somers: 24; As Coastal Torpedo Boat No. 9: 34;
Armament	As Somers: 4 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) guns; 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes; As Coastal Torpedo Boat No. 9: 3 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) guns; 1 × machine gun; 1 × Y-gun depth charge projector;

The third USS Somers (Torpedo Boat No. 22/TB-22/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 9), a steel torpedo boat built as a private speculation by Friedrich Schichau, Elbing, Germany, was launched in 1897 as yard No. 450; purchased for the United States Navy on 25 March 1898; commissioned on 28 March 1898 and named Somers the next day.

History
USS Somers (TB-22), 21 February 1900, location unknown.
German Empire
Name	No. 450
Namesake	Master Commandant Richard Somers
Builder	Ferdinand Schichau, Elbing, German Empire
Laid down	1897
Fate	Sold, 25 March 1898, to the US Navy
United States
Name	Somers
Namesake	Master Commandant Richard Somers
Acquired	purchased, 25 March 1898
Commissioned	28 March 1898
Decommissioned	1901
Operator	Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at the Norfolk Navy Yard
In service	1901
Out of service	1909
Operator	Maryland Naval Militia
In service	26 June 1909
Out of service	1914
Operator	US Navy
Commissioned	17 August 1914
Decommissioned	13 October 1914
Operator	Illinois Naval Militia
In service	13 October 1914
Out of service	1919
Operator	US Navy
Commissioned	1919
Decommissioned	22 March 1919
Renamed	Coast Torpedo Boat No. 9, 1 August 1918
Stricken	7 October 1919
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 19 July 1920
Notes	name changed so it could be used for USS Somers (DD-301)
General characteristics
Class & type	Somers-class torpedo boat
Displacement	*As Somers:* 143 long tons (145 t) *As Coastal Torpedo Boat No. 9:* 150 long tons (150 t)
Length	156 ft (48 m)
Beam	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Draft	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Installed power	*As Somers:* 1,700 ihp (1,300 kW) *As Coastal Torpedo Boat No. 9:* 1,900 ihp (1,400 kW)
Propulsion	1 × vertical quadruple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 1 × Loco boiler 1 × screw
Speed	*As Somers:* 23 kn (26 mph; 43 km/h) 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) (Speed on Trial) *As Coastal Torpedo Boat No. 9:* 17.5 kn (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h)
Capacity	38 short tons (34 t) coal
Complement	*As Somers:* 24 *As Coastal Torpedo Boat No. 9:* 34
Armament	*As Somers:* 4 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) guns 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes *As Coastal Torpedo Boat No. 9:* 3 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) guns 1 × machine gun 1 × Y-gun depth charge projector