USS D-3

USS D-3, ex-Salmon, underway off New York City, during the October 1912 Naval Review, USS Kearsarge is in the background
History
United States
NameSalmon
NamesakeThe salmon
BuilderFore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost$380,318.81 (hull and machinery)
Laid down16 April 1908
Launched12 March 1910
Sponsored byMiss Eunice Fitzgerald
Commissioned8 September 1910
Decommissioned31 July 1922
RenamedD-3 (Submarine No.19), 17 November 1911
Stricken31 July 1922
Identification
FateSold for scrapping, 31 July 1922
General characteristics
Class & typeD-class submarine
Displacement
  • 288 long tons (293 t) surfaced
  • 337 long tons (342 t) submerged
Length134 ft 10 in (41.10 m)
Beam13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
Draft12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Installed power
  • 600 bhp (450 kW) (gasoline)
  • 330 hp (250 kW) (electric)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced
  • 9.5 kn (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) submerged
Range
  • 1,179 nmi (2,184 km; 1,357 mi) at 9.3 knots (17.2 km/h; 10.7 mph) surfaced
  • 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
Armament4 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes)

USS Salmon/D-3 (SS-19), also known as "Submarine No. 19", was a D-class submarine built for the United States Navy (USN) in the first decade of the 20th century. She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after the salmon. She was the first submarine to make an over ocean voyage under her own power.