Winslow (Torpedo Boat)

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USS Winslow (TB-5), 1901

Item

Identifier: 1981.008.7

Scope and Contents

USS Navy torpedo boat No. 5/TB-5, pictured berthed at the dock where the Navy first tested its primitive submarine, the Holland, in 1899. The Winslow played a major role in the Spanish American War battle of Cardenas and was the boat on which Ensign Worth Bagley (of North Carolina) was the first naval officer to be killed in the war.

Dates: 1901

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / General historical manuscripts, documents and photographs / Spanish American War

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