USS H-3
USS H-3, ex-Garfish, underway, c. 1922 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Garfish |
| Namesake | The gar |
| Builder | The Moran Company, Seattle, Washington |
| Cost | $512,247.35 (hull and machinery) |
| Laid down | 3 April 1911 |
| Launched | 3 July 1913 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Helen MacEwan |
| Commissioned | 16 January 1914 |
| Decommissioned | 23 October 1922 |
| Renamed | H-3 (Submarine No.30), 17 November 1911 |
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| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 14 September 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | H-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 150 ft 4 in (45.82 m) |
| Beam | 15 ft 10 in (4.83 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 5 in (3.78 m) |
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| Test depth | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Capacity | 11,800 US gal (45,000 L; 9,800 imp gal) fuel |
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| Armament | 4 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (8 torpedoes) |
USS Garfish/H-3 (SS-30), also known as "Submarine No. 30", was an H-class submarine of the United States Navy (USN). As of October 2025, she has been the only ship of the USN to be named for the gar, a popular target for recreational anglers, though she was renamed H-3 prior to launching.