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| U.S.S. Grampus (1902) | |
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| Hull Number: | SS-4 |
| Builder: | Union Iron Works[1] |
| Laid down: | 10 Dec, 1900 |
| Launched: | 31 Jul, 1902[2] |
| Commissioned: | 28 May, 1903 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 Jul, 1921 |
| Stricken: | 16 Jan, 1922[3] |
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U.S.S. Grampus was one of seven Plunger (or "A") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.
Construction
Grampus was the first U.S. Navy submarine to be built on the West Coast.
Service
Grampus commissioned at the Mare Island Navy Yard on 28 May, 1903 under the command of Lieutenant Arthur MacArthur III.
Grampus was renamed A-3 on 17 November, 1911.
In 1916, all the "A" class boats but A-1 were stationed in the Philippines in Manila Bay along with all three "B" class boats, their crews living aboard their tenders Monadnock and Mohican.[4]
Captains
- Lieutenant Arthur MacArthur III, 28 May, 1903 (also in command of Pike)
- Ensign Edwin T. Short, 10 July, 1914[5]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
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| Plunger | Adder | Grampus | Moccasin | Pike | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Porpoise | Shark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <– | U.S.S. Holland | Submarines (US) | Viper Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
