USS Nicholson (TB-29), circa 1902, location unknown.
History
United States
Name	Nicholson
Namesake	James Nicholson Samuel Nicholson John Nicholson William Nicholson James W. Nicholson
Builder	Lewis Nixon Shipyard, Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Laid down	6 December 1898
Launched	23 September 1901
Sponsored by	Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
Commissioned	10 January 1905
Decommissioned	date unknown
Stricken	3 March 1909
Fate	Used as a target
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Blakely-class torpedo boat
Displacement	218 long tons (221 t)
Length	157 ft (48 m)
Beam	17 ft 8 in (5.38 m)
Draft	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) (mean)[2]
Installed power	not known
Propulsion	not known
Speed	25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h) 25.74 kn (29.62 mph; 47.67 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[2]
Complement	28 officers and enlisted
Armament	3 × 1-pounder, 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Nicholson (TB-29) was a Blakely-class torpedo boat in the United States Navy.

Built in Elizabeth, New Jersey

The first ship to be so named by the Navy, Nicholson (TB–29) was laid down 6 December 1898 by Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey; launched 23 September 1901; sponsored by Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont; and commissioned at New York City 10 January 1905.

Service with the U.S. Navy

Nicholson served with the Atlantic Fleet until struck from the Navy List 3 March 1909.

Inactivation

Nicholson was disposed of by being used as a target.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Information about Lewis Nixon and naval architect Arthur Leopold Busch at this Crescent Shipyard site.
• NavSource Naval History Photographic History of the United States Navytographic History of the United States Navy - USS NICHOLSON (Torpedo Boat # 29, TB-29)