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    USS Plunger (SS-2) was one of the earliest submarines of the United States Navy. She was the lead boat of her class and was later renamed A-1 when she...
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  • cancelled in 1900 USS Plunger (SS-2), renamed USS A-1 in 1911, a submarine in commission from 1903 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1913 USS Plunger (SS-179), a submarine...
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    commissioned for active service. She is not to be confused with the later USS Plunger (SS-2), a.k.a. A-1, which served in the Navy from 1903 to 1913. On 3 March...
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    The Plunger class was an early class of United States Navy submarines. In the first years of their service, they were used primarily as training and experimental...
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  • The name USS A-1 may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Plunger (SS-2), the lead vessel of Plunger-class submarines USS A-1 (SP-1370)...
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    Whale and the third was Plunger, an experimental submarine, built in 1895, which is not to be confused with USS Plunger (SS-2). On 16 October 1900, in...
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    The six Plunger-class submarines, launched from 1901 to 1903, that were stationed and tested at Holland Torpedo Boat Station: USS Plunger (SS-2) / A-1...
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  • SS2 (redirect from SS-2 (disambiguation))
    replace the SS1 USS Plunger (SS-2), one of the earliest submarines of the United States Navy R-2 (missile) (NATO reporting name: SS-2 Sibling), Soviet...
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    USS Adder (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3), later renamed A-2, was one of seven Plunger-class submarines built for the United States Navy (USN) in the first...
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    USS Plunger (SS-179), a Porpoise-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named plunger after a diver or a daring gambler...
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    USS Moccasin (SS-5) (later renamed A-4) was one of seven Plunger-class submarines built for the United States Navy (USN) in the first decade of the 20th...
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    duty in command of USS Plunger, later renamed A-1. He was promoted directly from ensign to lieutenant in January 1910. He commanded USS Snapper (later renamed...
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    struck from the Navy List 27 February 1918 and, with the submarine USS Plunger (SS-2) on board, was one of several vessels sold on 26 January 1922, to...
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    submarine USS Holland (SS-1) underway Whitehead torpedo loading into USS Adder A-2 USS Adder USS Moccasin A-4 torpedo room USS Shark A-7 USS Plunger moored...
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    USS Grampus (SS-4), a Plunger-class submarine later named A-3, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for a member of the dolphin family...
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    USS B-2 (SS-11) was one of three B-class submarines built for the United States Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The B-class submarines were...
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    USS Holland (SS-1) underway Whitehead torpedo loading into USS Adder A-2 USS Adder USS Moccasin A-4 torpedo room USS Plunger moored beside the USS Shark...
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    USS B-1 (SS-10) was the lead ship of her class of submarines built for the United States Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The B-class submarines...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Narwhal (SS-167)
    USS Narwhal (SS-167), the lead ship of her class of submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for...
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    USS B-3 (SS-12) was one of three B-class submarines built for the United States Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The B-class submarines were...
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    the USS Holland was commissioned in 1900. Turtle (submersible) Nautilus (1800 submarine) CSS H.L. Hunley CSS David USS Alligator (1862) Plunger (1897)...
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    USS Shark (SS-8) was the third vessel of the U.S. Navy to bear the name. She was an early Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States...
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  • December 2016. "USS Holland (Submarine # 1) -- Construction". USN Ships. Department of the Navy. 10 June 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2009. "Holland I (SS-1)". Dictionary...
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  • Togoshi Station (station number A-04), Toei Asakusa Line, Tokyo USS A-4 (SS-5), a Plunger-class submarine of the United States Navy HMNZS Kahu (A04), a...
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    Holland more widely accepted in our era". May 2, 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-05-02. "SS-2 A-1 Plunger". GlobalSecurity.org. [1] Another account...
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    USS Thornback (SS-418), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the thornback, a slender member of the shark...
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    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. She was laid down on...
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  • code with the Luftwaffe in World War II USS A-5 (SS-6) or USS Pike (SS-6), a 1903 United States Navy Plunger-class submarine HMS A5, an A-class submarine...
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    17 July. On 20 July 1943, Permit joined the submarines USS Lapon (SS-260) and USS Plunger (SS-179) at Midway for the first wartime penetration into the...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Pike (SS-6)
    The first USS Pike (SS-6) was a Plunger-class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A-5. She was laid down on 10 December...
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