USS C-3

	USS Tarpon underway, 1909
History
United States
Name	Tarpon
Namesake	The tarpon
Builder	Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost	$300,331.08 (hull and machinery)
Laid down	17 March 1908
Launched	23 November 1909
Sponsored by	Miss Katherine E. Theiss
Commissioned	23 November 1909
Decommissioned	23 December 1919
Renamed	C-3 (Submarine No.14), 17 November 1911
Stricken	23 December 1919
Identification	Hull symbol: SS-14 (17 July 1920); Call sign: NUE; ;
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 12 April 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	C-class submarine
Displacement	238 long tons (242 t) surfaced; 275 long tons (279 t) submerged;
Length	105 ft 4 in (32.11 m)
Beam	13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
Draft	10 ft 11 in (3.33 m)
Installed power	480 bhp (360 kW) (gasoline); 230 hp (170 kW) (electric);
Propulsion	2 × Craig Shipbuilding Company gasoline engine; 2 × Electro Dynamic electric motor; 2 × 60-cell battery; 2 × shaft;
Speed	11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced; 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged;
Range	776 nmi (1,437 km; 893 mi) at 8.13 kn (15.06 km/h; 9.36 mph) on the surface; 24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged;
Test depth	200 feet (61.0 m)
Complement	1 officer; 14 enlisted;
Armament	2 × 18-inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes)

USS Tarpon/C-3 (SS-14), also known as "Submarine No. 14", was one of five C-class submarines built for the United States Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was the first boat in the USN to be named for the tarpon.