Plunger class submarine

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The Plunger-class was an early class of United States Navy submarines, used primarily during World War I.

Contents 1 General Characteristics 2 History 3 Boats 3.1 USS Plunger / A-1 3.2 USS Adder ; A-2 3.3 USS Grampus / A-4 3.4 USS Moccasin / A-4 3.5 USS Pike / A-5 3.6 USS Porpoise, A-6 3.7 USS Shark, A-7 4 See also

[edit] General Characteristics

• Lead Boat: USS Plunger (SS-2)
• Builders: Crescent Shipyard (SS 2, 3, 5, 7, 8), Union Iron Works (SS 4, 6)
• Number of boats: 7 boats
• Displacement: 107 tons
• Length: 63' 10"
• Beam: 11' 11"
• Draft: 10' 7"
• Speed: 8 knots (surfaced); 7 knots (submerged)
• Diving Depth: 19m
• Range:
• Endurance (submerged):
• Fuel Capacity:
• Patrol Endurance:
• Propulsion:'
• Complement: 7
• Deck Gun:
• Torpedoes: 1 18-inch torpedo tube

[edit] History

The Plunger-class submarines were built at the beginning of the twentieth century largely as experimental vessels. All seven boats were renamed to A-type designations (A-1 through A-7) on 17 November 1911. They were given corresponding alphanumeric hull numbers on 17 July 1920, after all but Grampus (SS-4) and Pike (SS-6) had been decommissioned. All of the Plunger-class ships were decommissioned by 1921 and used as targets.

[edit] Boats

[edit] See also

• List of United States Navy submarines
• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

Plunger-class submarine

Plunger | Adder | Grampus | Moccasin | Pike | Porpoise | Shark

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