USS Du Pont (Torpedo Boat # 7, TB-7), 1897-1920

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USS Du Pont, a 165-ton torpedo boat built at Bristol, Rhode Island, was commissioned in September 1897. With the coming of the Spanish-American War, she served on patrol and dispatch duty off Cuba. After the war, Du Pont was employed off the east coast and in the Gulf of Mexico area until 1910, when she became a Naval Militia training ship.

During the First World War, Du Pont operated off New England, and was renamed Coast Torpedo Boat # 3 in August 1918. She was decommissioned in March 1919 was sold in July 1920.

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USS Du Pont (Torpedo Boat # 7, TB-7), 1897-1920

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