USS C-5
USS C-5, ex-Snapper, underway in New York Harbor, during Naval Review in October 1912 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Snapper |
| Namesake | The snapper fish |
| Builder | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Cost | $344,142.36 (hull and machinery) |
| Laid down | 17 March 1908 |
| Launched | 16 June 1909 |
| Sponsored by | Miss A. Nicoll |
| Commissioned | 2 February 1910 |
| Decommissioned | 23 December 1919 |
| Renamed | C-5 (Submarine No.16), 17 November 1911 |
| Stricken | 23 December 1919 |
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| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 13 April 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | C-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 105 ft 4 in (32.11 m) |
| Beam | 13 ft 11 in (4.24 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 11 in (3.33 m) |
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| Test depth | 200 feet (61.0 m) |
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| Armament | 2 × 18-inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes) |
USS C-5 (SS-16), also known as "Submarine No. 16", 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 named for the snapper.