USS Pike (SS-6)
USS Pike, being launched at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, on 14 January 1903 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Pike |
| Namesake | The pike |
| Builder | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 10 December 1900 |
| Launched | 14 January 1903 |
| Commissioned | 28 May 1903 |
| Decommissioned | 28 November 1906 |
| Recommissioned | 8 June 1908 |
| Decommissioned | 28 June 1912 |
| Recommissioned | 17 April 1915 |
| Decommissioned | 25 July 1921 |
| Renamed | A-5 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No.6), 17 November 1911 |
| Stricken | 16 January 1922 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Designated as a target |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Plunger-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 63 ft 10 in (19.46 m) |
| Beam | 11 ft 11 in (3.63 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) |
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| Test depth | 150 ft (46 m) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | 1 × 17.7 in (450 mm) "18-in" torpedo tube (5 torpedoes) |
The first USS Pike/A-5 (SS-6) also known as "Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 6", was one of seven Plunger-class submarines built for the United States Navy (USN) in the first decade of the 20th century. She was the first boat of the USN named for the pike. She was stationed on the West Coast, assisting in the relief efforts after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, and was later transported to the Philippines, serving as harbor defense during WWI.