U.S.S. Viper (1907)

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U.S.S. Viper (1907)
Hull Number: SS-10
Builder: Fore River[1]
Ordered: Act of April, 1904[2]
Launched: 30 Mar, 1907[3]
Commissioned: 18 Oct, 1907
Decommissioned: 1 Dec, 1921
Expended: 1922[4]
Fate: as target

U.S.S. Viper was one of three Viper (or "B") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

Viper was launched on 30 March, 1907 sponsored by Mrs. Lawrence York Spear, and she was commissioned on 18 October, 1907 with Lieutenant D. C. Gingham in command. She reported to the Second Submarine Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet.

Viper was redesignated as B-1 on 17 November, 1911.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 127.

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