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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Octopus''''' was one of five [[Octopus Class Submarine (1906)|''Octopus'' (or "C") class submarines]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].  On 17 November, 1911, she was redesignated '''C-1'''.
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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Octopus''''' was one of five [[Octopus Class Submarine (1906)|''Octopus'' (or "C") class submarines]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].   
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''Octopus'' commissioned on 30 June, 1908 with Lieutenant [[Charles Edward Courtney|Charles E. Courtney]] in command.
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On 17 November, 1911, she was redesignated '''C-1'''.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:27, 18 November 2014

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.

Service

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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
  4. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 52.

Bibliography


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