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Curator’s Log

Figure 1 USS PORTER (TB-6) (Color-Tinted Postcard Early 1900s NH 101245-KN Naval History and Heritage Command)

The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats, Part X 

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Figure 1 ERICSSON (TB-2) c. 1897 built by the Iowa Ironworks, Dubuque, IA. Before installation of torpedo tubes and deck guns. (Source US Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 64064)

The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats, Part IX 

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The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats, Part VIII 

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The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats, Part VII 

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The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats, Part VI: Herreshoff Success- US Navy Purchase of STILETTO, 1886-1895 

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The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats, Part V: HMCo. #118, STILETTO and the Torpedo Cruiser, 1883 – 1885 

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The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats, Part IV: Preparing for a STILETTO 

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LIGHTNING (HMCo. #20), the United States Navy’s first torpedo boat in Newport waters, 1876. Sepia tone photograph. Workshop buildings in the background. Torpedo boat in the foreground. Portside View of boat.

The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats, Part III: LIGHTNING – a win for the Herreshoff System 

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The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats, Part II: Civil War & its Aftermath 

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The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats, Part I: The Players, 1860 

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Introducing “The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats” 

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The Curator’s Log: The 100th Anniversary of RESOLUTE’s Defense and the 13th Challenge (Part III) 

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