USS Plunger (SS-2)
USS Plunger in 1902 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Plunger |
| Namesake | A diver or daring gambler |
| Builder | Crescent Shipyard, Elizabeth, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 21 May 1901 |
| Launched | 1 February 1902 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Ernestine Wardwell |
| Commissioned | 19 September 1903 |
| Decommissioned | 3 November 1905 |
| Recommissioned | 23 February 1907 |
| Renamed | A-1 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No.2), 17 November 1911 |
| Stricken | 24 February 1913 |
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| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 26 January 1922 |
| 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) |
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| Armament | 1 × 17.7 in (450 mm) "18-in" torpedo tube (5 torpedoes) |
USS Plunger/A-1 (SS-2) was one of the earliest submarines of the United States Navy. She was the lead boat of Plunger class and later renamed A-1 when she was designated an A-type submarine. She is not to be confused with the experimental submarine Plunger (1897) which was evaluated by the US Navy from 1898 to 1900, but not accepted or commissioned.