Plunger Class Submarine (1901)

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Seven Plunger class submarines were built for the U.S. Navy in the early 1900s. They would later be designated the "A" class, not to be confused with Britain's "A" class submarines.

Design and Construction

Performance

Service

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.[1]

Torpedoes

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. p. 1553.

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


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