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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Stingray''''' was one of five [[Octopus Class Submarine (1906)|''Octopus'' (or "C") class submarines]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].  commissioned on 23 November 1909, Ensign [[Eldred Bewes Armstrong|Eldred B. Armstrong]] in command.
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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Stingray''''' was one of five [[Octopus Class Submarine (1906)|''Octopus'' (or "C") class submarines]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].   
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==Service==
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''Stingray'' was commissioned on 23 November, 1909 with Ensign [[Eldred Bewes Armstrong|Eldred B. Armstrong]] in command.
  
 
On 17 November, 1911, ''Stingray'' was redesignated '''C-2'''.
 
On 17 November, 1911, ''Stingray'' was redesignated '''C-2'''.
  
==Service==
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In 1916, all five "C" class boats were stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, their crews living aboard {{US-Severn|f=p}}, assisted by the tug ''Potomac''.{{USNavalEstimatesVolII1916|p. 1553}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Elwin Fisher Cutts|nick=Elwin F. Cutts|appt=before 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 44}}|end=1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 44}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=Schuyler Mills|nick=Schuyler Mills|appt=1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 58}}{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 56}}|end=after 1 January, 1917{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 56}}}}
 
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Revision as of 09:28, 27 April 2018

U.S.S. Stingray (1909)
Hull Number: SS-13
Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Company[1]
Launched: 8 Apr, 1909[2]
Commissioned: 23 Nov, 1909
Decommissioned: 23 Dec, 1919
Sold: 13 Apr, 1920
U.S.S. Stingray was one of five Octopus (or "C") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Stingray was commissioned on 23 November, 1909 with Ensign Eldred B. Armstrong in command.

On 17 November, 1911, Stingray was redesignated C-2.

In 1916, all five "C" class boats were stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, their crews living aboard U.S.S. Severn, assisted by the tug Potomac.[3]

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. Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. p. 1553.
  4. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 46.
  5. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 48.
  6. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 46.
  7. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 48.
  8. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 44.
  9. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 44.
  10. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 44.
  11. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 56.
  12. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 44.
  13. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 56.
  14. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 58.
  15. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 58.
  16. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 56.
  17. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 56.

Bibliography


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