USS Plunger (SS-2)
USS Plunger (SS-2) was one of the earliest submarines of the United States Navy. She was the lead boat of her class and was later renamed A-1 when she was designated an A-type submarine. She is not to be confused with the experimental submarine Plunger which was evaluated by the U.S. Navy from 1898 to 1900, but not accepted or commissioned.
Plunger in 1902 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Plunger |
| Namesake | Plunger, a diver or daring gambler |
| Builder | |
| Laid down | 21 May 1901 |
| Launched | 1 February 1902 |
| Commissioned | 19 September 1903 |
| Decommissioned | 3 November 1905 |
| Recommissioned | 23 February 1907 |
| Stricken | 24 February 1913 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 26 January 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Plunger-class submarine |
| Displacement | 107 long tons (109 t) |
| Length | 64 ft (20 m) |
| Beam | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed |
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| Complement | 7 |
| Armament | 1 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tube (five torpedoes) |
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