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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Tarpon''''' was one of five [[Octopus Class Submarine (1906)|''Octopus'' (or "C") class submarines]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].  She commissioned on 23 November, 1909 with Lieutenant [[Prentiss Peck Bassett|P. P. Bassett]] in command.
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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Tarpon''''' was one of five [[Octopus Class Submarine (1906)|''Octopus'' (or "C") class submarines]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].   
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==Service==
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''Tarpon'' was commissioned on 23 November, 1909 with Lieutenant [[Prentiss Peck Bassett|Prentiss P. Bassett]] in command.
  
 
On 17 November, 1911, ''Tarpon'' was redesignated '''C-3'''.
 
On 17 November, 1911, ''Tarpon'' was redesignated '''C-3'''.
  
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In 1916, all five "C" class boats were stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, their crews living aboard {{US-Severn|f=p}}, assisted by the tug ''Potomac''.{{USNavalEstimatesVolII1916|p. 1553}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=John Walter Barnett, Jr.|nick=John W. Barnett, Jr.|appt=before 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 52}}|end=1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 52}}{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 42}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=James Parker, Jr.|nick=James Parker, Jr.|appt=1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 42}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 52}}|end=2 January, 1913<ref>"The Navy Gazette".  ''Army and Navy Register''.  4 January, 1913.  Vol. '''LIII''', No. '''1,694''', p. 23.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Lloyd Van Horn Armstrong|nick=Lloyd Van H. Armstrong|appt=before 1 November, 1918<ref>''Navy Directory'' 1 November, 1918 p. 11.</ref>|end=after 1 April, 1919<ref>''Navy Directory'' 1 April, 1919 p. 12.</ref>}}
 
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Latest revision as of 22:27, 8 March 2022

U.S.S. Tarpon (1909)
Hull Number: SS-14
Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Company[1]
Launched: 8 Apr, 1909[2]
Commissioned: 23 Nov, 1909
Decommissioned: 23 Dec, 1919
Sold: 12 Apr, 1920
U.S.S. Tarpon was one of five Octopus (or "C") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Tarpon was commissioned on 23 November, 1909 with Lieutenant Prentiss P. Bassett in command.

On 17 November, 1911, Tarpon was redesignated C-3.

In 1916, all five "C" class boats were stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, their crews living aboard U.S.S. Severn, assisted by the tug Potomac.[3]

Captains

See Also

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. ↑ Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. p. 1553.
  4. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 38.
  5. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 52.
  6. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 52.
  7. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 42.
  8. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 42.
  9. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 52.
  10. ↑ "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 4 January, 1913. Vol. LIII, No. 1,694, p. 23.
  11. ↑ "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 4 January, 1913. Vol. LIII, No. 1,694, p. 23.
  12. ↑ Navy Directory 1 November, 1918 p. 11.
  13. ↑ Navy Directory 1 April, 1919 p. 12.

Bibliography


Octopus Class Submarine
Octopus Stingray Tarpon Bonita Snapper
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