U.S.S. Porpoise (1901)
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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. 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
- Lieutenant Charles P. Nelson, 19 September, 1903 – after 1 January, 1907[4] (and in command of Shark)
- Ensign John L. Riheldaffer, 1 August, 1910[5]
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