U.S.S. Adder (1901)

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U.S.S. Adder (1901)
Hull Number: SS-3
Builder: Crescent Shipyard[1]
Laid down: 3 Oct, 1900
Launched: 22 Jul, 1901[2]
Commissioned: 12 Jan, 1903
Decommissioned: 12 Dec, 1919
Stricken: 16 Jan, 1922[3]
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U.S.S. Adder was one of seven Plunger (or "A") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy. She was laid down on 3 October, 1900 by the Crescent Shipyard, and launched on 22 July 1901. She was commissioned on 12 January, 1903 at the Holland yard at New Suffolk with Ensign Frank L. Pinney in command.

Adder was redesignated as A-2 on 17 November, 1911.

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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.

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