USS Intrepid (1874)
Torpedo boat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Intrepid.
The second USS Intrepid, was a steam-powered torpedo ram commissioned and built in 1874 that had the distinction of being the world's first U.S. Navy ship armed with self-propelled torpedoes. In concept and design she was roughly comparable to the Royal Navy's HMS Polyphemus, although Intrepid was completed more than half a decade earlier. The Intrepid was commissioned by President Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of Navy George M. Robeson.
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USS Intrepid in dry dock, note the torpedo projection device at her forefoot | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Intrepid |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Launched | 5 March 1874 |
Commissioned | 31 July 1874 |
Decommissioned | 22 August 1882 |
Stricken | 9 May 1892 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 9 May 1892 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Torpedo ram |
Displacement | 1,150 long tons (1,168 t) |
Length | 170 ft 3 in (51.89 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion | Steam screw |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
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