USS Nicholson (TB-29)

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Career
Name:	USS Nicholson
Namesake:	Charles Wilkes, who was born on 3 April 1798 in New York City
Builder:	Lewis Nixon Shipyard, Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Laid down:	6 December 1898
Launched:	23 September 1901
Sponsored by:	Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
Commissioned:	10 January 1905
Decommissioned:	date unknown
Struck:	3 March 1909
Fate:	Used as a target
General characteristics
Type:	Blakely class torpedo boat
Displacement:	218 tons
Length:	175'
Beam:	17' 8"
Draft:	6' 5"
Propulsion:	not known
Speed:	25 knots
Complement:	28 officers and enlisted
Armament:	3 x 1 pdr., 3 x 18" tt

For other ships of the same name, see USS Nicholson.

USS Nicholson (TB-29) was a Blakely-class torpedo boat in the United States Navy.

Built in New Jersey

The first ship to be so named by the Navy, Nicholson (TB–29) was laid down 6 December 1898 by Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey; launched 23 September 1901; sponsored by Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont; and commissioned at New York City 10 January 1905, Lt. W. S. Miller in command.

Service with the U.S. Navy

Nicholson served with the Atlantic Fleet until struck from the Navy List 3 March 1909.

Inactivation

‘’Nicholson’’ was disposed of by being used as a target.

References

• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• [1] Information about Lewis Nixon and naval architect Arthur Leopold Busch at this Crescent Shipyard site.

• NavSource Naval History Photographic History of the United States Navytographic History of the United States Navy - USS NICHOLSON (Torpedo Boat # 29, TB-29)