USS B-1
USS Viper in port, with members of her crew on deck, c. 1907-1911, USS Tarantula is behind her | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Viper |
| Namesake | The viper |
| Builder | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Cost | $200,957.48 (hull and machinery) |
| Laid down | 5 September 1905 |
| Launched | 30 March 1907 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Lillian Spear |
| Commissioned | 18 October 1907 |
| Decommissioned | 30 November 1909 |
| Recommissioned | 15 April 1910 |
| Decommissioned | 9 May 1911 |
| Recommissioned | 26 March 1915 |
| Decommissioned | 1 December 1921 |
| Renamed | B-1 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No.10), 17 November 1911 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1921 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk as a target |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | B-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 82 ft 5 in (25.12 m) |
| Beam | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) |
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| Test depth | 150 ft (46 m) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 2 × 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.