U.S.S. Octopus (1906)

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U.S.S. Octopus (1906)
Hull Number: SS-9
Builder: Fore River[1]
Ordered: Act of April, 1904[2]
Launched: 4 Oct, 1906[3]
Commissioned: 30 Jun, 1908
Decommissioned: 4 Aug, 1919
Sold: 13 Apr, 1920
U.S.S. Octopus was one of five Octopus (or "C") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

Octopus commissioned on 30 June, 1908 with Lieutenant Charles E. Courtney in command.

On 17 November, 1911, she was redesignated C-1.

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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.
  4. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 52.

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