USS Blakely (TB-27)
USS Blakely (TB-27) underway off Grant's Tomb during the 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Blakely |
| Namesake | Johnston Blakeley |
| Ordered | 4 May 1898 authorised |
| Builder | George Lawley & Son, South Boston, MA |
| Laid down | 12 January 1899 |
| Launched | 22 November 1900 |
| Commissioned | 27 December 1904 |
| Decommissioned | 8 March 1919 |
| Renamed | Coast Torpedo Boat No. 13, 1 August 1918 |
| Stricken | 31 March 1919 |
| Fate | Sold, 10 March 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Blakely-class torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 196 long tons (199 t) |
| Length | 175 ft (53 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) (mean) |
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| Complement | 28 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Blakely (Torpedo Boat No. 27/TB-27/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 13) was laid down on 12 January 1899 at South Boston, Massachusetts, by George Lawley & Son and launched on 22 November 1900. Sponsored by Miss Nellie M. White; and commissioned on 27 December 1904. It was named for Johnston Blakeley, commander of USS Wasp.