USS B-3, underway near the New York Navy Yard, 1909. |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Fore River Shipbuilding, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Operators: | United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | Plunger class |
| Succeeded by: | C class |
| In commission: | 1907–1921 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Retired: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Submarine |
| Displacement: | 145 long tons (147 t) surfaced 173 long tons (176 t) submerged |
| Length: | 82 ft 6 in (25.15 m) |
| Beam: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Installed power: | 250 hp (190 kW) (gasoline engines) 150 hp (110 kW) (electric motors) |
| Propulsion: | Gasoline engines Electric motors 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 10 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × 18 in (460 mm) bow torpedo tubes (2 × torpedoes) |
The B class submarines were three boats built for the United States Navy by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company.[1]
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