U.S.S. Stingray (1909)

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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. Evening Star (Washington, DC) 15 January, 1910 p. 10.
  5. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 46.
  6. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 48.
  7. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 46.
  8. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 48.
  9. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 44.
  10. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 44.
  11. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 44.
  12. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 56.
  13. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 44.
  14. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 56.
  15. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 58.
  16. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 58.
  17. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 56.
  18. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 56.

Bibliography


Octopus Class Submarine
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