USS O'Brien (TB-30)

USS O'Brien TB-30, undated, running trials before installation of armament.
History
United States
Name	O’Brien
Namesake	Captain Jeremiah O’Brien (1744–1818)
Builder	Lewis Nixon Shipyard, Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Laid down	29 December 1898
Launched	24 September 1900
Sponsored by	Miss Mira O’Brien, great-great granddaughter of Joseph O’Brien
Commissioned	15 July 1905; 119 years ago (1905)
Decommissioned	date unknown
Stricken	3 March 1909; 115 years ago (1909)
Fate	Used as a target
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Blakely-class torpedo boat
Displacement	220 long tons (220 t)
Length	157 ft (48 m)
Beam	17 ft (5.2 m)
Draft	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) (mean)[2]
Installed power	not known
Propulsion	not known
Speed	25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h)[2]
Complement	28 officers and enlisted
Armament	3 × 1-pounder, 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

USS O’Brien (TB-30) was a Blakely-class torpedo boat in the United States Navy named after Captain Jeremiah O'Brien and his five brothers, Gideon, John, William, Dennis and Joseph, who captured HMS Margaretta on June 12, 1775 during the American Revolution.

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 of Elizabethport, New Jersey, 29 December 1898; launched 24 September 1900; sponsored by Miss Mira O’Brien, great-great granddaughter of Joseph O’Brien; and commissioned 15 July 1905.

Between August 1905 and April 1906, she operated with the coastal squadron between Newport, Rhode Island, and Pensacola, Florida.

Placed in the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla 7 May 1906, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, she was struck from the Navy List 3 March 1909 and used as target.

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• NavSource Naval History Photographic History of the United States Navy - USS O'BRIEN (Torpedo Boat # 30, TB-30)