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Latest revision as of 13:28, 27 April 2018

U.S.S. Snapper (1909)
Hull Number: SS-16
Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Company[1]
Launched: 16 Jun, 1909[2]
Commissioned: 2 Feb, 1910
Decommissioned: 23 Dec, 1919
Sold: 13 Apr, 1920

U.S.S. Snapper was one of five Octopus (or "C") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Snapper was commissioned on 2 February, 1910 under the command of Lieutenant Chester W. Nimitz.

On 17 November, 1911, Snapper was redesignated C-5.

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. 46.
  5. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 54.
  6. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 46.
  7. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 54.
  8. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 46.
  9. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 54.
  10. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 44.
  11. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 50.
  12. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 44.
  13. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 50.
  14. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 44.
  15. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 38.
  16. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 38.
  17. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 36.

Bibliography


Octopus Class Submarine
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