Box 17

Typescript copy of "The Torpedo Boats of Bristol, RI.," by Richard V. Simpson, 1993.This article treats the history of the torpedo boats built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for the U.S. Navy, ca.1877-1900. Contents include information on boat types, including the steel torpedo boats, the war with Spain and torpedo boats during that war. Appendices include information on torpedo boat practice in Narragansett Bay, speed records of U.S. torpedo boats, Herreshoff's other Navy boats, Rhode Island and the war with Spain.