U.S.S. Moccasin (1901)
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U.S.S. Moccasin (1901) | |
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Hull Number: | SS-5 |
Builder: | Crescent Shipyard[1] |
Laid down: | 8 Nov, 1900 |
Launched: | 20 Aug, 1901[2] |
Commissioned: | 17 Jan, 1903 |
Decommissioned: | 12 Dec, 1919 |
Stricken: | 16 Jan, 1922[3] |
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Service
Moccasin commissioned on 17 January, 1903 at the Holland yard at New Suffolk, N.Y. with Ensign Frank L. Pinney in command.
She was renamed A-4 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
- Ensign Frank L. Pinney, 17 January, 1903
- Ensign Ernest D. McWhorter, before 1 January, 1911[5]
- Ensign Joseph R. Mann, Jr., before 1 January, 1915[6] – 1916
- Ensign Stuart E. Bray, 1915[7][8]
- Ensign Marion Y. Cohen, 1916[9][10]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
- ↑ Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. p. 1553.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 44.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 60.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 62.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 60.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 62.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 66.
Bibliography
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