The Plunger-class was an early class of United States Navy submarines, used primarily during World War I. Description: USS Plunger underway off the New York Navy Yard circa 1909 Source: U.S Naval Historical Center. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

General Characteristics

• Lead Boat: USS Plunger (SS-2)
• Builders: Crescent Shipyard (SS 2, 3, 5, 7, 8), Union Iron Works (SS 4, 6)
• Number of boats: 7 boats
• Displacement: 107 tons
• Length: 63' 10"
• Beam: 11' 11"
• Draft:' 10' 7"
• Speed: 8 knots (surfaced); 7 knots (submerged)
• Diving Depth:
• Range:
• Endurance (submerged):
• Fuel Capacity:
• Patrol Endurance:
• Propulsion:'
• Complement: 7
• Deck Gun:
• Torpedoes: 1 18-inch torpedo tube

The first USS Plunger (SS-2) was one of the earliest submarines used by the United States Navy. ... Crescent Shipyard, located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, built a number of ships for the United States Navy. ... Union Iron Works, located in San Francisco, California, built a number of ships for the United States Navy. ... A beam of light is a light ray. ... In nautical parlance, draft is the depth below waters surface of the lowest part of of a ship or boat. ... A knot is a non SI unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour. ... A modern torpedo, historically called a self propelled torpedo, is a self-propelled guided projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ...

History

The Plunger-class submarines were built at the beginning of the twentieth century largely as experimental vessels. All seven boats were renamed to A-type designations (A-1 through A-7) on 17 November 1911. They were given corresponding alphanumeric hull numbers on 17 July 1920, after all but Grampus (SS-4) and Pike (SS-6) had been decommissioned. All of the Plunger-class ships were decommissioned by 1921 and used as targets. November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Boats

• (SS-2) USS Plunger (A-1)
• (SS-3) USS Adder (A-2)
• (SS-4) USS Grampus (A-3)
• (SS-5) USS Moccasin (A-4)
• (SS-6) USS Pike (A-5)
• (SS-7) USS Porpoise (A-6)
• (SS-8) USS Shark (A-7)

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The first USS Plunger (SS-2) was one of the earliest submarines used by the United States Navy. ... USS Adder (SS-3) (later renamed A-2), a Plunger-class submarine, was one of the earliest submarines used by the United States Navy. ... USS Grampus (SS-4), a Plunger-class submarine torpedo boat later named A-3, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for two members of the dolphin family (Delphinidae): Grampus griseus, also known as Rissos Dolphin, and Orcinus orca, also known as the Killer... The second USS Moccasin (SS-5) was a Plunger-class submarine that was later renamed A-4. ... The first USS Pike (SS-6) was a Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-5. ... The third USS Porpoise (SS-7) was an early Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-6. ... The third USS Shark (SS-8) was an early Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-7. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS for short) is the primary reference work for the basic facts about every ship ever used by the United States Navy. ...