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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Moccasin''''' was one of seven [[Plunger Class Submarine (1901)|''Plunger'' (or "A") class submarines]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].   
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Moccasin''''' was one of seven [[Plunger Class Submarine (1901)|''Plunger'' (or "A") class submarines]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].   


==Service==
''Moccasin'' commissioned on 17 January, 1903 at the Holland yard at New Suffolk, N.Y. with Ensign [[Frank Lucius Pinney|Frank L. Pinney]] in command.
''Moccasin'' commissioned on 17 January, 1903 at the Holland yard at New Suffolk, N.Y. with Ensign [[Frank Lucius Pinney|Frank L. Pinney]] in command.


She was renamed '''A-4''' on 17 November, 1911.
She was renamed '''A-4''' on 17 November, 1911.


==Service==
In 1916, all the "A" class boats but {{US-A1}} were stationed in the Philippines in Manila Bay along with all three [[Viper Class Submarine (1906)|"B" class]] boats, their crews living aboard their tenders {{US-Monadnock}} and {{US-Mohican}}.{{USNavalEstimatesVolII1916|p. 1553}}


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 14:55, 31 December 2014

U.S.S. Moccasin (1901)
Hull Number: SS-5
Builder: Crescent Shipyard[1]
Laid down: 8 Nov, 1900
Launched: 20 Aug, 1901[2]
Commissioned: 17 Jan, 1903
Decommissioned: 12 Dec, 1919
Stricken: 16 Jan, 1922[3]
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U.S.S. Moccasin was one of seven Plunger (or "A") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Moccasin commissioned on 17 January, 1903 at the Holland yard at New Suffolk, N.Y. with Ensign Frank L. Pinney in command.

She was renamed A-4 on 17 November, 1911.

In 1916, all the "A" class boats but A-1 were stationed in the Philippines in Manila Bay along with all three "B" class boats, their crews living aboard their tenders Monadnock and Mohican.[4]

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. ↑ Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. p. 1553.

Bibliography


Plunger Class Submarine
Plunger Adder Grampus Moccasin Pike
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