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The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats

A series of papers on bringing innovation to the “New Navy” written by John Palmieri, Curator Emeritus

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