Do you enjoy building something of the beaten path? Flagship Models may have what you are looking for with their latest release, the USS Winslow. According to Flagship’s Rusty White, the upcoming 1/192 1898 USS Winslow Torpedo Boat (TB-5) has many additions and modifications that will improve the look and accuracy over the old Lone Star kit. The release date and price have yet to be announced and pre-orders will begin soon.

This completely new kit of the USS Winslow features many improvements over the older kit offering such as the proper staggered propellers, hawse pipes and cabled anchoring system. The photo etch sheet contains more than 100 parts.

Ship History
The USS Winslow was typical of the Foote class of torpedo boats. The Winslow saw action in Cardenas harbor, Cuba, where she was in a duel with a Spanish gunboat and the harbor defense fortifications.
The USS Winslow was a very new ship at the outbreak of the Spanish American War, being commissioned only five months before. She was a sister ship of the USS Foote (TB 3) and USS Cushing (TB 4).
After commissioning, USS Winslow reported to Newport, Rhode Island for torpedo loading and drilling She remained there until January 30, 1898 when she departed for Norfolk, Virginia. She was in Norfolk when word arrived about the loss of the USS Maine. With the heightening of tensions in March, she was dispatched to Key West, Florida to be closer at hand should hostilities break out.
After War was declared, the USS Winslow patrolled off of the Cuban coast in the vicinity of Havana, Cardenas and Matanzas. She left her patrol area on May 11 to meet the USS Wilmington (Gunboat #8) for recoaling. While there, she aided the USS Wilmington, and the USS Hudson in an effort to locate Spanish vessels in Cardenas Harbor. The action against the town and the Spanish armored tug Antonio Lopez resulted in the near loss of the USS WINSLOW, and the death of six of her crew, including Ensign Worth Bagley, the only U.S. naval officer killed during the war. Three of her men, Chief Gunner's Mate George P. Brady, Chief Gunner's Mate Hans Johnsen, and Chief Machinist T. C. Cooney were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
After being towed clear of the battle, the USS Winslow was sent to Key West, Florida and Mobile, Alabama for repairs. The repairs were not completed before the end of hostilities. She sailed up the east coast, arriving in New York, where she was placed out of commission on September 7 to begin more extensive repairs. She stayed in New York until transferred to Norfolk where she was recommissioned in reserve.
The USS Winslow was fully recommissioned June 30, 1901, to served as a torpedo training vessel at Newport, Rhode Island. She was probably decommissioned in 1904 in New York. In 1906 she was recommissioned and sent to Norfolk where she was placed in the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla. In 1909, the USS Winslow was transferred to Charleston, South Carolina, but still held in reserve.
From June to November 1909, the ship served as a training vessel for the Massachusetts Naval Militia. The ship was returned to the Navy and decommissioned on July 12, 1910. In January 1911, she was sold to H. Hanson of New York City.