USS Adder
Plunger-class submarine of the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Adder (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3), later renamed A-2, was one of seven Plunger-class submarines built for the United States Navy (USN) in the first decade of the 20th century.
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Adder running trials in Long Island Sound, 1903 | |
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United States | |
Name | Adder |
Namesake | Vipera berus |
Ordered | 7 June 1900 |
Awarded | 25 August 1900 |
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Laid down | 3 October 1900 |
Launched | 22 July 1901 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Jane S. Wainwright |
Commissioned | 12 January 1903 |
Decommissioned | 26 July 1909 |
Commissioned | 10 February 1910 |
Decommissioned | 12 December 1919 |
Renamed | A-2 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3), 17 November 1911 |
Stricken | 16 January 1922 |
Identification | Hull symbol:SS-3, 17 July 1920 |
Fate | Designated for use as a target, 24 September 1920 and expended mid-January 1922 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Plunger-class submarine |
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Length | 63 ft 10 in (19.46 m) |
Beam | 11 ft 11 in (3.63 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) |
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Test depth | 150 ft (45.7 m) |
Complement | 7 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 1 × bow 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tube |
Armor | Conning tower#Submarines: 3+5⁄8 in (92 mm) |
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