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 | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Salmon |
| Namesake | The salmon |
| Builder | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Cost | $380,318.81 (hull and machinery) |
| Laid down | 16 April 1908 |
| Launched | 12 March 1910 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Eunice Fitzgerald |
| Commissioned | 8 September 1910 |
| Decommissioned | 31 July 1922 |
| Renamed | D-3 (Submarine No.19), 17 November 1911 |
| Stricken | 31 July 1922 |
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| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 31 July 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | D-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 134 ft 10 in (41.10 m) |
| Beam | 13 ft 11 in (4.24 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
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| Test depth | 200 feet (61.0 m) |
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| Armament | 4 × 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.