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Plunger class submarine
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The Plunger-class was an early class of United States Navy submarines, used primarily during World War I.
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- Lead Boat: USS Plunger (SS-2)
- Builders: Crescent Shipyard (SS 2, 3, 5, 7, 8), Union Iron Works (SS 4, 6)
- Number of boats: 7 boats
- Displacement: 107 tons
- Length: 63' 10"
- Beam: 11' 11"
- Draft: 10' 7"
- Speed: 8 knots (surfaced); 7 knots (submerged)
- Diving Depth: 19m
- Range:
- Endurance (submerged):
- Fuel Capacity:
- Patrol Endurance:
- Propulsion:'
- Complement: 7
- Deck Gun:
- Torpedoes: 1 18-inch torpedo tube
The Plunger-class submarines were built at the beginning of the twentieth century largely as experimental vessels. All seven boats were renamed to A-type designations (A-1 through A-7) on 17 November 1911. They were given corresponding alphanumeric hull numbers on 17 July 1920, after all but Grampus (SS-4) and Pike (SS-6) had been decommissioned. All of the Plunger-class ships were decommissioned by 1921 and used as targets.
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 2, SS-2
- Builders:
United States (Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey - Laid down: 21 May 1901
- Launched: 1 February 1902 (List)
- Operator:
United States Navy - Commissioned: 19 September 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 24 February 1913 (List)
- Status: Sold for scrap 26 January 1922
- Operations: Torpedo testing, training, Theodore Roosevelt tour
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3, SS-3
- Builders: United States (Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey
- Laid down: 3 October 1900
- Launched: 22 July 1901 (List)
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 12 January 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 12 December 1919 (List)
- Status: Sunk as a target ship
- Operations: Torpedo testing, training, peace time patrol
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3, SS-3
- Builders: United States (Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California
- Laid down: 10 December 1900
- Launched: 31 July 1902 (List)
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 28 May 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 25 July 1921 (List)
- Status: Struck 16 January 1922 and sunk as a target ship
- Operations: San Francisco earthquake of 1906 relief efforts
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5, SS-5
- Builders: United States (Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey
- Laid down: 8 November 1900
- Launched: 20 August 1901 (List)
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 17 January 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 12 December 1919 (List)
- Status: Target ship
- Operations: Training, trials, peacetime patrol
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 6, SS-6
- Builders: United States (Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California
- Laid down: 10 December 1900
- Launched: 14 January 1903 (List)
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 28 May 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 25 July 1921 (List)
- Status: Sold for scrap 26 January 1922
- Operations: San Francisco earthquake of 1906 recovery efforts, training & trials, harbor patrol
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 7, SS-7
- Builders: United States (Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey
- Laid down: 13 December 1900
- Launched: 23 September 1901 (List)
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 19 September 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 12 December 1919 (List)
- Status: Target ship
- Operations: Whiting experiment, other trials, harbor patrols
- Designation: Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 8, SS-8
- Builders: United States (Crescent Shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey
- Laid down: 11 January 1901
- Launched: 19 October 1901 (List)
- Operator: United States Navy
- Commissioned: 19 September 1903 (List)
- Decommissioned: 12 December 1919 (List)
- Status: Target ship
- Operations: Torpedo and other trials, Manila Bay patrols
- List of United States Navy submarines
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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