USS Craven (TB-10)

USS Craven (TB-10), Biddle and Barney washed ashore at Charleston Navy Yard by a hurricane on 28 August 1911.
History
United States
Namesake	Commander Tunis Craven
Ordered	10 June 1896 (authorized)
Builder	Bath, ME
Laid down	6 December 1897
Launched	25 September 1899
Sponsored by	Miss A. Craven, granddaughter of Commander Craven
Commissioned	9 June 1900
Decommissioned	14 November 1913
Identification	TB-10
Fate	Used as target
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Dahlgren-class torpedo boat
Displacement	146 long tons (148 t)[2]
Length	151 ft 4 in (46.13 m)
Beam	16 ft 5 in (5.00 m)
Draft	4 ft 7 in (1.40 m) (mean)[2]
Installed power	2 × Normand boilers 4,200 ihp (3,132 kW)
Propulsion	vertical triple expansion engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) 30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2]
Complement	29 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) guns 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (2x1)

The first USS Craven (Torpedo Boat Destroyer No. 10/TB-10), was launched 25 September 1899 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Miss A. Craven, granddaughter of Commander Craven; and commissioned 9 June 1900.

Sailing from

19 June 1900, Craven reported to the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport 21 June and served there until 2 December when she returned to Portsmouth. She was placed out of commission there 5 December 1900.

Recommissioned 24 October 1902, Craven served at the Torpedo Station at Newport until 12 December 1903 when she sailed to

, where she was decommissioned 14 November 1913 and used as a target.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Additional technical data from Gardiner, Robert (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Conway Maritime Press. p. 160.
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External links

• Photo gallery of Craven at NavSource Naval History