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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Grampus''''' was one of seven [[Plunger Class Submarine (1901)|''Plunger'' Class submarines]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Grampus''''' was one of seven [[Plunger Class Submarine (1901)|''Plunger'' (or "A") class submarines]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].
 
==Construction==
''Grampus'' was the first U.S. Navy submarine to be built on the West Coast.


==Service==
==Service==
''Grampus'' commissioned at the [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] on 28 May, 1903 under the command of Lieutenant [[Arthur MacArthur III]].
''Grampus'' was renamed '''A-3''' on 17 November, 1911.
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==
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Latest revision as of 21:08, 3 November 2015

U.S.S. Grampus (1902)
Hull Number: SS-4
Builder: Union Iron Works[1]
Laid down: 10 Dec, 1900
Launched: 31 Jul, 1902[2]
Commissioned: 28 May, 1903
Decommissioned: 25 Jul, 1921
Stricken: 16 Jan, 1922[3]
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U.S.S. Grampus was one of seven Plunger (or "A") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

Construction

Grampus was the first U.S. Navy submarine to be built on the West Coast.

Service

Grampus commissioned at the Mare Island Navy Yard on 28 May, 1903 under the command of Lieutenant Arthur MacArthur III.

Grampus was renamed A-3 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.
  5. ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 40.
  6. ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 38.
  7. ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 40.
  8. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 42.
  9. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 48.
  10. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 48.
  11. ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 68.
  12. ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 66.
  13. ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 104-105.

Bibliography


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