- USS O'Brien (TB-30)
USS "O’Brien" (TB-29) was a "Blakely"-class
torpedo boat in theUnited States Navy .Built in New Jersey
The first ship to be so named by the Navy, "O’Brien" (Torpedo Boat 30) was laid down under the direct supervision of naval architect
Arthur Leopold Busch at Navy Lt.Lewis Nixon 's,Crescent Shipyard ofElizabethport, New Jersey ,29 December 1898 ; launched24 September 1900 ; sponsored by Miss Mira O’Brien, great-great granddaughter of Joseph O’Brien; and commissioned15 July 1905 , Lt. Edward Woods in command.Service with the U.S. Navy
Between August
1905 and April1906 , she operated with the coastal squadron betweenNewport, Rhode Island , andPensacola, Florida .Inactivation
Placed in the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla
7 May 1906 , at theNorfolk Navy Yard , she was struck from theNavy List 3 March 1909 and used as target.References
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* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/tb/050330.htm NavSource Naval History Photographic History of the United States Navy - USS O'BRIEN (Torpedo Boat # 30, TB-30)]
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