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TORPEDO BOAT LAUNCH 1901 Invitation USS WILKES NYC Ship
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IS NICE MOMENTO FROM THE PAST. IT'S A 1901 ORIGINAL INVITATION TO THE LAUNCHING OF THE TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER USS "WILKES". IT READS AS FOLLOWS. "THE GAS ENGINE & POWER CO., AND CHARLES L. SEABURY & CO., CONSOLIDATED CORDIALLY INVITES YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS TO BE PRESENT AT THE LAUNCHING OF THE U.S. TORPEDO BOAT WILKES ON SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER TWENTY-EIGHT, 1901, AT TEN O'CLOCK. MORRIS HEIGHTS-ON-HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY. MUSIC BY LANDER. SPECIAL TRAIN FOR GUESTS WILL LEAVE GRAND CENTRAL STATION, AT 9.25 O'CLOCK. RETURNING HALF HOUR AFTER THE LAUNCHING. TRAIN WILL STOP AT 125TH STREET STATION". THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL COLLECTIBLE THAT HAS SURVIVED BY BEING GLUED TO A PHOTO ALBUM FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS. EXCEPT FOR SOME YELLOWING AND SURFICE SMUDGES IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE BACK PHOTO IS SHOWING THE GLUED PIECE THAT WAS CUT AWAY FROM THRE ALBUM PAGE. T IS THE NUMBER 172 WRITTEN IN INK ON THE RIGHT HAND TOP CORNER. IT MEASURES 5 3/4"X7 5/8". A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE VESSEL. THEY WERE CALLED TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS AND WERE ACTIVE IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. HOWEVER THIS ONE SPENT THE BULK OF HER CARRIER IN RESERVE. THE USS WILKES [TB-35] WAS A BLAKELY -CLASS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. HER SPECIFICS ARE LOA 175FT, BEAM, 17FT, DRAFT 4FT 8 INCHES. SPEED 25.9 KTS, COMPLLEMENT, 28 OFFICERS AND ENLISTED, ARMAMENT 3 1-PDR.RFT., 3 18"TT.. DISPLACEMENT 165 TONS. HER KEEL WAS LAID DOWN ON JUNE 3, 1899 AT MORRIS HEIGHTS NEW YORK AND LAUNCHED IN 1901; SPONSORED BY MISS HARRIET E. RANKIN; AND COMMISSIONED AT THE NORFOLK NAVY YARD SEPTEMBER 18, 1902, LT.[JG] DUDLEY WRIGHT KNOX IN COMMAND. SOON AFTER HER COMMISSIONING, SHE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE RESERVE TORPEDO FLOTILLA BASED IN NORFOLK. T, SHE REMAINED UNTIL WINTER 1906 AND 1907 WHEN BRIEFLY RETURNED TO FULL COMMISSION FOR SERVICE WITH THE 3RD TORPEDO FLOTILLA AT NORFOLK. SHE REMAINED T UNTIL NOVEMBER 23, 1908 WHEN SHE WAS RECOMMISSIONED AND ASSIGNED TO DUTY WITH THE ATLANTIC TORPEDO FLEET BASED AT CHARLESTON, SC. ON DECEMBER 22, 1909, SHE WENT BACK INTO RESERVE, THIS TIME AT CHARLESTON. APPARENTLY IN COMMISSION, IN RESERVE, WHILE T, WILKES WAS DECOMMISSIONED AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 14, 1913, AND HER NAME STRUCK FROM THE NAVY LIST THE NEXT DAY. SHE WAS SUNK AS A TARGET LATER THAT SUMMER OR FALL IN 1914. I PREFER PAYPAL BUT WILL ACCEPT CHECKS AND MO'S. CHECKS MUST CLEAR AND IF YOUR MO LOOKS FUNNY TO MY BANKER IT MUST CLEAR AS WELL. I EXPECT PAYMENT IN SEVEN DAYS UNLESS OTHER ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE THROUGH ME. AFTER SEVEN DAYS I SELL TO SOMEONE ELSE. AT TEN DAYS I REPORT YO TO EBAYS NON-PAYMENT DEPARTMENT TO I CAN GET MY LISTING FEES BACK. DO NOT BID ON THIS ITEM UNLESS YOU PLAN TO AD TO THEIR RULES. GOOD LUCK AND THANKS FOR BIDDING.
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