U.S.S. Moccasin (1901)
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| U.S.S. Moccasin (1901) | |
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| 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
- Ensign Frank L. Pinney, 17 January, 1903
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