- USS Bailey (TB-21)
The second USS "Bailey" (Torpedo Boat No. 21/TB-21/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 8) was laid down on
30 April 1898 atMorris Heights, N.Y. , by the Gas Engine & Power Co. & Charles L. Seabury Co.; launched on5 December 1899 ; sponsored by Miss Florence Beekman Bailey; and commissioned at theNew York Navy Yard on10 June 1901 , Lt.George W. Williams in command.ervice history
Three days after commissioning, "Bailey" got underway for the Torpedo Station,
Newport, R.I. , where she served for several months. She headed south in October and arrived atPort Royal, S.C. , on the last day of the month. The torpedo boat stayed there until June 1902 when she moved toNorfolk, Va. , where she was placed out of commission on the 14th of the month. The warship was put into commission, in reserve, on27 January 1904 . As a unit of the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla, she spent most of her time tied up at a pier inNorfolk because of a shortage of personnel. However, the warship did put to sea occasionally to test her machinery, armaments, and equipment. She was placed back in full commission on7 November 1909 for the voyage to theCharleston Navy Yard where she again went into reserve on22 December 1909 ."Bailey" was returned to full commission on
1 June 1910 and cruised the Atlantic coast for several months in the 1st Torpedo Division. Detached from that organization on14 September 1910 , the torpedo boat moved to Annapolis, Md., where she undertook duty training midshipmen at theU.S. Naval Academy and performing services for the engineering experimentation station located there. In October 1911, "Bailey" joined the Reserve Torpedo Division atAnnapolis and continued in that status until she was placed in ordinary at the Naval Academy on1 April 1914 ."Bailey" remained inactive at Annapolis until two months before the United States entered
World War I . On6 February 1917 , she was returned to full commission and assigned temporarily to patrol duty out ofNorfolk, Va. On10 May 1917 , thetorpedo boat departedNorfolk for her permanent wartime stationNew York City . She spent the remainder of the war patrolling the waters in and aroundNew York , and, on1 August 1918 , in order to clear the name "Bailey" for a newdestroyer , the ship was renamed "Coast Torpedo Boat No. 8". Following thearmistice , she continued active service at New York until ordered toPhiladelphia on17 January 1919 . She arrived at thePhiladelphia Navy Yard on5 February 1919 and was placed out of commission for the last time on18 March 1919 . Her name was struck from theNaval Vessel Register on28 October 1919 , and she was sold to theU.S. Rail & Salvage Corp. ,Newburgh, N.Y. , on10 March 1920 for scrapping.References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b1/bailey-ii.htm
*"Additional technical data from" cite book
last = Gardiner
first = Robert
coauthors =
title = Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905
publisher = Conway Maritime Press
date = 1979
pages = p. 157
month =
isbn = 0 85177 133 5
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