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. In some instances, this class of submarines is referred to as the Adder class, as the USS Adder was the first boat of the class to be completed.
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[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] USS Plunger / A-1
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 2, SS-2
- Builders:
United States (Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey - Laid down: 21 May 1901
- Launched: 1 February 1902 (List)
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 19 September 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 24 February 1913 (List)
- Status: Sold for scrap 26 January 1922
- Operations: Torpedo testing, training, Theodore Roosevelt tour
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[edit] USS Adder ; A-2
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3, SS-3
- Builders: United States (Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey
- Laid down: 3 October 1900
- Launched: 22 July 1901 (List)
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 12 January 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 12 December 1919 (List)
- Status: Sunk as a target ship
- Operations: Torpedo testing, training, peace time patrol
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[edit] USS Grampus / A-3
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3, SS-3
- Builders: United States (Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California
- Laid down: 10 December 1900
- Launched: 31 July 1902 (List)
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 28 May 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 25 July 1921 (List)
- Status: Struck 16 January 1922 and sunk as a target ship
- Operations: San Francisco earthquake of 1906 relief efforts
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[edit] USS Moccasin / A-4
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5, SS-5
- Builders: United States (Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey
- Laid down: 8 November 1900
- Launched: 20 August 1901 (List)
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 17 January 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 12 December 1919 (List)
- Status: Target ship
- Operations: Training, trials, peacetime patrol
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[edit] USS Pike / A-5
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 6, SS-6
- Builders: United States (Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California
- Laid down: 10 December 1900
- Launched: 14 January 1903 (List)
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 28 May 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 25 July 1921 (List)
- Status: Sold for scrap 26 January 1922
- Operations: San Francisco earthquake of 1906 recovery efforts, training & trials, harbor patrol
[edit] USS Porpoise, A-6
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 7, SS-7
- Builders: United States (Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey
- Laid down: 13 December 1900
- Launched: 23 September 1901 (List)
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 19 September 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 12 December 1919 (List)
- Status: Target ship
- Operations: Whiting experiment, other trials, harbor patrols
[edit] USS Shark, A-7
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 8, SS-8
- Builders: United States (Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey
- Laid down: 11 January 1901
- Launched: 19 October 1901 (List)
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 19 September 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 12 December 1919 (List)
- Status: Target ship
- Operations: Torpedo and other trials, Manila Bay patrols
[edit] See also
- Grampus (TUGS), a fictional character in the 1989 series TUGS is based on this type of submarine.
[edit] External links
- List of United States Navy submarines
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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