USS B-3
New York Navy Yard , 1909.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Tarantula |
Builder | |
Cost | $185,077.84 (hull and machinery)[1] |
Laid down | 5 September 1905 |
Launched | 30 March 1907 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. George S. Radford |
Commissioned | 3 December 1907 |
Decommissioned | 25 July 1921 |
Renamed | B-3, 17 November 1911 |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 1922 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | B-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 82 ft 5 in (25.12 m) |
Beam | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 150 feet (45.7 m) |
Complement | 10 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes ) |
USS B-3 (SS-12) was one of three B-class submarines built for the United States Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
Description
The B-class submarines were enlarged versions of the preceding
For surface running, they were powered by one 240-
The B-class boats were armed with two
Construction and career
B-3 was laid down by
Service history
She reported to the
On 6 December 1912, B-3 was towed to
Excerpts from the autobiography of Captain C.Q. Wright indicate he was the "Officer in Charge" of the B3 at Cavite. His crew launched the two subs off the deck of the Ajax. They then retrofitted the gasoline powered engines and motors in the Cavite Navy Yard shop readying the subs for a 48-hour shake down cruise. The first tour of duty began with sealed orders at 1900 hours, guarding Manila Bay's Naval Base Manila, in the event hostilities broke out with Japan. Orders were to sink any Japanese war vessel that came into sight, although none did. 1914: B-3 awarded the "Battle Efficiency Pennant" for the best operating submarine in the US fleet, C.O. Ensign C.Q. Wright. Decommissioned at Cavite on 25 July 1921, B-3 was subsequently used as a target.
See also
Notes
References
- Eger, Christopher L. (March 2021). "Hudson Fulton Celebration, Part II". Warship International. LVIII (1): 58–81. ISSN 0043-0374.
- Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Wright, C. C. (2003). "Question 40/02: Submarines Expended as Targets 1922". Warship International. XL (4): 286–298. ISSN 0043-0374.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entries can be found here and here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Tarantula at NavSource Naval History