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| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Charles Preston Nelson|nick=Charles P. Nelson|appt=19 September, 1903|precBy=New Command}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Charles Preston Nelson|nick=Charles P. Nelson|appt=19 September, 1903|end=|precBy=New Command|as=Captain of U.S.S. ''Porpoise''}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=Lloyd Stowell Shapley|nick=Lloyd S. Shapley|appt=before 1 January, 1905{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 198}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LtJGUS}}|name=Lloyd Stowell Shapley|nick=Lloyd S. Shapley|appt=before 1 January, 1905{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 198}}|as=Captain of U.S.S. ''Porpoise''}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Charles Preston Nelson|nick=Charles P. Nelson|appt=before 1 January, 1906{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 32}}|end=after 1 January, 1907{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 30}}|note=and in command of {{US-Shark}} from before 1907}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Charles Preston Nelson|nick=Charles P. Nelson|appt=before 1 January, 1906{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 32}}|end=after 1 January, 1907{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 30}}|note=and in command of {{US-Shark}} from before 1907|as=Captain of U.S.S. ''Porpoise''}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Kenneth Whiting|nick=Kenneth Whiting|appt=before April, 1909<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Porpoise_(SS-7) Wikipedia].</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Kenneth Whiting|nick=Kenneth Whiting|appt=before April, 1909<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Porpoise_(SS-7) Wikipedia].</ref>|as=Captain of U.S.S. ''Porpoise''}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=John Lawrence Riheldaffer|nick=John L. Riheldaffer|appt=1 | + | {{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=James Coe Van de Carr|nick=James C. Van de Carr|appt=before 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 50}}|end=1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 54}}{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 54}}}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Solomon Haddon Geer|nick=Solomon H. Geer|appt=before 1916{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 62}}| | + | {{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=John Lawrence Riheldaffer|nick=John L. Riheldaffer|appt=1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 54}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 54}}|end=after 1 January, 1914{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 56}}}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Paul Fitzsimons, Jr.|nick=Paul Fitzsimons, Jr.|appt=1916{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 62}}{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 68}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Solomon Haddon Geer|nick=Solomon H. Geer|appt=before 1 January, 1916{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 62}}|end=1916{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 62}}{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 68}}}} |
| − | + | {{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Paul Fitzsimons, Jr.|nick=Paul Fitzsimons, Jr.|appt=1916{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 62}}{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 68}}}} | |
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Latest revision as of 21:53, 3 November 2015
| U.S.S. Porpoise (1901) | |
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| Hull Number: | SS-7 |
| Builder: | Crescent Shipyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 13 Dec, 1900 |
| Launched: | 23 Sep, 1901[2] |
| Commissioned: | 19 Sep, 1903 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 Dec, 1919 |
| Stricken: | 16 Jan, 1922[3] |
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U.S.S. Porpoise was one of seven Plunger (or "A") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
Porpoise commissioned alongside her sister Shark at the Holland Torpedo Boatyard at New Suffolk, New York on 19 September, 1903, with Lieutenant Charles P. Nelson in joint command.
Porpoise was renamed A-6 on 17 November, 1911.
In 1916, all the "A" class boats but A-1 were stationed in the Philippines in Manila Bay along with all three "B" class boats, their crews living aboard their tenders Monadnock and Mohican.[4]
Captains
- Lieutenant Charles P. Nelson, 19 September, 1903
- Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Lloyd S. Shapley, before 1 January, 1905[5]
- Lieutenant Charles P. Nelson, before 1 January, 1906[6] – after 1 January, 1907[7] (and in command of Shark from before 1907)
- Ensign Kenneth Whiting, before April, 1909[8]
- Ensign James C. Van de Carr, before 1 January, 1911[9] – 1912[10][11]
- Ensign John L. Riheldaffer, 1912[12][13] – after 1 January, 1914[14]
- Ensign Solomon H. Geer, before 1 January, 1916[15] – 1916[16][17]
- Ensign Paul Fitzsimons, Jr., 1916[18][19]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
- ↑ Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. p. 1553.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 198.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 32.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 30.
- ↑ Wikipedia.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 50.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 54.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 54.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 54.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 54.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 56.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 62.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 62.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 68.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 62.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 68.
Bibliography
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