Grayling, probably during builder's trials, circa 1909 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS D-2 |
| Builder: | Fore River Shipbuilding, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Launched: | 16 June 1909 |
| Commissioned: | 23 November 1909, as USS Grayling |
| Decommissioned: | 18 January 1922 |
| Renamed: | USS D-2, 17 November 1911 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 25 September 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | D-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 288 long tons (293 t) |
| Length: | 134 ft 10 in (41.10 m) |
| Beam: | 13 ft 11 in (4.24 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and men |
| Armament: | 4 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS D-2 (SS-18) was a D-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Grayling, making her the first ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for the Arctic grayling, a fresh-water game fish closely related to the trout. Grayling was launched on 16 June 1909, sponsored by Miss C. H. Bowles, and commissioned on 23 November 1909 with Lieutenant Owen Hill in command. She was renamed D-2 on 17 November 1911.
D-2 joined the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet as Flagboat for Submarine Division 3 (SubDiv 3). Along the Atlantic coast, D-2 joined in diving, torpedo, and experimental exercises. She participated in the Presidential Review of the Fleet in North River, New York City from 5-18 May 1915.
During World War I, D-2 served in training and experimental work at New London, Connecticut.
She was placed in commission, in reserve, at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 9 September 1919 and placed in ordinary on 15 July 1921. Towed to Philadelphia Navy Yard, she was decommissioned on 18 January 1922 and sold as a hulk on 25 September.
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