An item reported that the torpedo tubes of the American torpedo boat Dupont were to be lengthened with at least 60cm to prevent that during the launching the torpedoes were dropped in her own wake.(1)
Note
1. The Du Pont (TB-7), building ordered on 2 March 1895, laid down at Herreshoff manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island in February 1896, launched on 30 March 1897, commissioned on 23 September 1897 and finally sold on 19 July 1920. Displacement 168 tons and an armament of 4-3,7cm/1.46”/1pd guns and 3x1-46cm/18” torpedo tubes.
Note
1. The Du Pont (TB-7), building ordered on 2 March 1895, laid down at Herreshoff manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island in February 1896, launched on 30 March 1897, commissioned on 23 September 1897 and finally sold on 19 July 1920. Displacement 168 tons and an armament of 4-3,7cm/1.46”/1pd guns and 3x1-46cm/18” torpedo tubes.
