USS B-2

	USS B-2 ex-Viper, off Cavite Navy Yard, the Philippines, c. 1913-1917
History
United States
Name	Cuttlefish
Namesake	The cuttlefish
Builder	Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost	$187,982.32 (hull and machinery)
Laid down	30 August 1905
Launched	1 September 1906
Sponsored by	Ms. Eleanor Gow
Commissioned	18 October 1907
Decommissioned	30 November 1909
Recommissioned	15 April 1910
Decommissioned	4 December 1912
Recommissioned	2 August 1913
Decommissioned	12 December 1919
Renamed	B-2 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No.11), 17 November 1911
Stricken	17 January 1922
Identification	Hull symbol: SS-11 (17 July 1920); Call sign: NDX; ;
Fate	Sunk as a target
General characteristics
Class & type	B-class submarine
Displacement	145 long tons (147 t) surfaced; 173 long tons (176 t) submerged;
Length	82 ft 5 in (25.12 m)
Beam	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Draft	10 ft 7 in (3.23 m)
Installed power	250 bhp (190 kW) surfaced; 150 bhp (110 kW) submerged;
Propulsion	1 × Craig Shipbuilding Company gasoline engine; 1 × Electro Dynamic electric motor; 60-cell battery; 1 × shaft;
Speed	9 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 depth	150 ft (46 m)
Complement	1 officer; 9 enlisted;
Armament	2 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes)

USS Cuttlefish/B-2 (SS-11), also known as "Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 11", was one of three B-class submarines built for the United States Navy (USN) in the first decade of the 20th century. She was the first ship of the USN to be named for the cuttlefish, a 10-armed marine mollusk similar to the squid. Used primarily for training, she was transported to the Philippines, in 1913. During WWI she patrolled the waters around the Philippines.