U.S.S. Pike (1903)
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| U.S.S. Pike (1903) | |
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| Hull Number: | SS-6 |
| Builder: | Union Iron Works[1] |
| Laid down: | 10 Dec, 1900 |
| Launched: | 14 Jan, 1903[2] |
| Commissioned: | 28 May, 1903 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 Jul, 1921 |
| Stricken: | 16 Jan, 1922[3] |
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U.S.S. Pike was one of seven Plunger (or "A") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
Pike commissioned on 28 May, 1903 at the Mare Island Navy Yard under the command of Lieutenant Arthur MacArthur III.
She was renamed A-5 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 Arthur MacArthur III, 28 May, 1903 (also in command of Grampus)
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| Plunger | Adder | Grampus | Moccasin | Pike | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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