USS F-1
Bow view of USS F-1, ex-Carp, in a harbor on the United States West Coast. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Carp |
| Namesake | The carp |
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| Laid down | 23 August 1909 |
| Launched | 6 September 1911 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Josephine Tynan |
| Commissioned | 19 June 1912 |
| Decommissioned | 15 March 1916 |
| Recommissioned | 13 June 1917 |
| Renamed | F-1 (Submarine No.20), 17 November 1911 |
| Identification | Hull symbol: SS-20 (17 July 1920), number later given to G-1 |
| Fate | Sunk by collision, 17 December 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | F-class submarine |
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| Length | 142 ft 6 in (43.43 m) |
| Beam | 15 ft 5 in (4.70 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 2 in (3.71 m) |
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| Test depth | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Capacity | 11,500 US gal (44,000 L; 9,600 imp gal) fuel |
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| Armament | 4 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes) |
USS Carp/F-1 (SS-20), also known as "Submarine No. 20", was an F-class submarine. She was the first ship of the United States Navy named for the carp, though she was renamed F-1 prior to commissioning. Commissioned in 1912, she operated in the Pacific Ocean until she sank after a collision in 1917, the only US submarine lost during the US participation in World War I.