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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Charles Preston Nelson|nick=Charles P. Nelson|appt=19 September, 1903|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Charles Preston Nelson|nick=Charles P. Nelson|appt=19 September, 1903|precBy=New Command|note=and in command of {{US-Shark}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=John Lawrence Riheldaffer|nick=John L. Riheldaffer|appt=1 August, 1910{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 56}}|as=Captain of U.S.S. A-6}} | {{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=John Lawrence Riheldaffer|nick=John L. Riheldaffer|appt=1 August, 1910{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 56}}|as=Captain of U.S.S. A-6}} | ||
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| U.S.S. Porpoise (1901) | |
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| Hull Number: | SS-7 |
| Builder: | Crescent Shipyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 13 Dec, 1900 |
| Launched: | 23 Sep, 1901[2] |
| Commissioned: | 19 Sep, 1903 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 Dec, 1919 |
| Stricken: | 16 Jan, 1922[3] |
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U.S.S. Porpoise was one of seven Plunger (or "A") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy. She commissioned at the Holland Torpedo Boatyard at New Suffolk, New York on 19 September, 1903, with Lieutenant Charles P. Nelson in command.
Porpoise was redesignated A-6 on 17 November, 1911.
Service
Captains
- Lieutenant Charles P. Nelson, 19 September, 1903 (and in command of Shark)
- Ensign John L. Riheldaffer, 1 August, 1910[4]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
| Plunger Class Submarine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plunger | Adder | Grampus | Moccasin | Pike | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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