USS MacKenzie (TB-17)

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USS MacKenzie (TB-17) underway, c. 1901
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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameMacKenzie
Namesake Lt. Commander Alexander S. MacKenzie
Ordered10 June 1896 (authorised)
Builder Hillman & Sons, Philadelphia
Laid down15 April 1897
Launched19 February 1898
Sponsored byMaster Charles Hillman
Commissioned1 May 1899
Decommissioned10 March 1916
Stricken10 March 1916
IdentificationTB-17
Fatetarget ship
General characteristics [1]
Class and type MacKenzie-class torpedo boat
Displacement65 long tons (66 t) [2]
Length101 ft 6 in (30.94 m)
Beam12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Draft4 ft 3 in (1.30 m) (mean) [2]
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20.1 knots (37.2 km/h; 23.1 mph)
  • 20.11 kn (23.14 mph; 37.24 km/h) (Speed on Trial) [2]
Complement14 officers and enlisted
Armament

The first USS MacKenzie (Torpedo Boat No. 17/TB-17), was laid down by Charles Hillman Ship & Engine Building Company, Philadelphia, 15 April 1897; launched 19 February 1898; sponsored by Master Charles Hillman; and commissioned 1 May 1899, Lt. L. H. Chandler in command.

Departing League Island 28 May 1899, MacKenzie sailed north to Newport. Arriving on the 31st, she decommissioned and joined other torpedo boats, such as USS Du Pont and USS Winslow, in occasional employment in experimental and training duties. Recommissioned 7 November 1902, she steamed to Norfolk where she joined the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla on the 14th. Serving with that flotilla for the greater part of the next 10 years, she was occasionally used as a training ship at the US Naval Academy, and in 1908 operated off the southeastern seaboard.

She decommissioned at Charleston, South Carolina, 15 April 1912, and departed the next day for Florida. She arrived at Key West 19 April and on 7 May was turned over to the Florida Naval Militia, in which she served until returned to the Navy in November 1914. She cruised off southern Florida for the next year, cruising to Havana in October 1915. In 1916, the torpedo boat was designated as a target ship and 10 March 1916 her name was struck from the Navy list.

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References

  1. "USS MacKenzie (TB-17)". Navsource.org. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Table 11 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 725. 1921.