U.S.S. Skipjack (1911)

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U.S.S. Skipjack (1911)
Hull Number: SS-24
Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Company[1]
Launched: 27 May, 1911[2]
Commissioned: 14 Feb, 1912
Decommissioned: 20 Oct, 1921
Sold: 19 Apr, 1922

U.S.S. E-1, named U.S.S. Skipjack until shortly before completion, was one of two Skipjack (or "E") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

She commissioned on 14 February, 1912 with Lieutenant Chester W. Nimitz in command.

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Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
  3. Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 64-65.

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