USS C-5

USS C-5, ex-Snapper, underway in New York Harbor, during Naval Review in October 1912
History
United States
NameSnapper
NamesakeThe snapper fish
BuilderFore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost$344,142.36 (hull and machinery)
Laid down17 March 1908
Launched16 June 1909
Sponsored byMiss A. Nicoll
Commissioned2 February 1910
Decommissioned23 December 1919
RenamedC-5 (Submarine No.16), 17 November 1911
Stricken23 December 1919
Identification
FateSold for scrapping, 13 April 1920
General characteristics
Class & typeC-class submarine
Displacement
  • 238 long tons (242 t) surfaced
  • 275 long tons (279 t) submerged
Length105 ft 4 in (32.11 m)
Beam13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
Draft10 ft 11 in (3.33 m)
Installed power
  • 480 bhp (360 kW) (gasoline)
  • 230 hp (170 kW) (electric)
Propulsion
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 depth200 feet (61.0 m)
Complement
  • 1 officer
  • 14 enlisted
Armament2 × 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.