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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Porpoise''''' was one of seven [[Plunger Class Submarine (1901)|''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 Preston Nelson|Charles P. Nelson]] in command.
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Porpoise''''' was one of seven [[Plunger Class Submarine (1901)|''Plunger'' (or "A") class submarines]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].  She commissioned alongside her sister {{UK-Shark}} at the Holland Torpedo Boatyard at New Suffolk, New York on 19 September, 1903, with Lieutenant [[Charles Preston Nelson|Charles P. Nelson]] in joint command.


''Porpoise'' was redesignated '''A-6''' on 17 November, 1911.
''Porpoise'' was renamed '''A-6''' on 17 November, 1911.


==Service==
==Service==

Revision as of 20:06, 18 November 2014

U.S.S. Porpoise (1901)
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 alongside her sister Shark at the Holland Torpedo Boatyard at New Suffolk, New York on 19 September, 1903, with Lieutenant Charles P. Nelson in joint command.

Porpoise was renamed A-6 on 17 November, 1911.

Service

Captains

See Also

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
  4. ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 56.

Bibliography


Plunger Class Submarine
Plunger Adder Grampus Moccasin Pike
  Porpoise Shark  
<– U.S.S. Holland Submarines (US) Viper Class –>
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