The fifth USS Morris (Torpedo Boat No. 14/TB-14/Coast Torpedo Boat No. 6) was laid down by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, RI, 19 November 1897; launched 13 April 1898; and commissioned 11 May 1898.

USS Morris (TB-14)
USS Morris (TB-14), circa 1898, location unknown
History
United States
NamesakeCommodore Robert Morris
Ordered6 June 1896 (authorised)
BuilderHerreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, RI
Laid down19 November 1897
Launched13 April 1898
Commissioned11 May 1898
Renamed
  • Coast Torpedo Boat No. 6
  • 1 August 1918
Stricken24 January 1924
IdentificationTB-14
FateSold at public auction, 10 October 1924
General characteristics
Class and typeMorris-class torpedo boat
Displacement105 long tons (107 t)[1]
Length139 ft 6 in (42.52 m)
Beam15 ft 4 in (4.67 m)
Draft4 ft 1 in (1.24 m) (mean)[1]
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 23 kn (26 mph; 43 km/h)
  • 24 kn (28 mph; 44 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[1]
Complement26 officers and enlisted
Armament

After east coast shakedown, Morris arrived Newport Rhode Island, for range tender and training services until World War I, when patrol duties were assigned. From 19 April 1918 through early March 1919 she patrolled the West Indies, until the Armistice investigating suspected enemy sabotage. Now known as Coast Torpedo Boat No. 6, she returned to Newport and decommissioned 24 March 1919, but served as torpedo range tender there for 5 years. Last of the old torpedo boats, she was struck from the Naval Register 24 January 1924, and sold at public auction 10 October 1924 to Frank B. Jones of Wilmington, Delaware.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Table 10.—Ships Authorized—1883–1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 719. 1921.