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''Porpoise'' commissioned alongside her sister {{ | ''Porpoise'' commissioned alongside her sister {{US-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 renamed '''A-6''' on 17 November, 1911. | ''Porpoise'' was renamed '''A-6''' on 17 November, 1911. | ||
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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.
Service
Porpoise 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.
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
- Lieutenant Charles P. Nelson, 19 September, 1903
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Lloyd S. Shapley, before 1 January, 1905[5]
- Lieutenant Charles P. Nelson, before 1 January, 1906[6] – after 1 January, 1907[7] (and in command of Shark from before 1907)
- Ensign Kenneth Whiting, before April, 1909[8]
- Ensign John L. Riheldaffer, 1 August, 1910[9]
- Ensign Solomon H. Geer, before 1916[10]
- Ensign Paul Fitzsimons, Jr., 1916[11][12]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
- ↑ Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. p. 1553.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 198.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 32.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 30.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 56.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 62.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 62.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 68.
Bibliography
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