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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Snapper''''' 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-5'''.
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Revision as of 19:37, 18 November 2014

U.S.S. Snapper (1909)
Hull Number: SS-16
Builder: Fore River[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. She commissioned on 2 February, 1910 under the command of Lieutenant Chester W. Nimitz.

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

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. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 44.

Bibliography


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