USS B-1

USS Viper in port, with members of her crew on deck, c. 1907-1911, USS Tarantula is behind her
History
United States
NameViper
NamesakeThe viper
BuilderFore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost$200,957.48 (hull and machinery)
Laid down5 September 1905
Launched30 March 1907
Sponsored byMrs. Lillian Spear
Commissioned18 October 1907
Decommissioned30 November 1909
Recommissioned15 April 1910
Decommissioned9 May 1911
Recommissioned26 March 1915
Decommissioned1 December 1921
RenamedB-1 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No.10), 17 November 1911
Stricken1 December 1921
Identification
FateSunk as a target
General characteristics
Class & typeB-class submarine
Displacement
  • 145 long tons (147 t) surfaced
  • 173 long tons (176 t) submerged
Length82 ft 5 in (25.12 m)
Beam12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Draft10 ft 7 in (3.23 m)
Installed power
  • 250 bhp (190 kW) surfaced
  • 150 bhp (110 kW) submerged
Propulsion
Speed
  • kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced
  • 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range
  • 540 nmi (1,000 km; 620 mi) at 9 kn surfaced
  • 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth150 ft (46 m)
Complement
  • 1 officer
  • 9 enlisted
Armament2 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes)

USS Viper/B-1 (SS-10), also known as "Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 10", was the lead ship of her class of submarines built for the United States Navy (USN) in the first decade of the 20th century. She was the third boat of the USN to be named for the viper. Used primarily for training, she was transported to the Philippines, in 1915. During WWI she patrolled the waters around the Philippines.