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    USS Plunger was an experimental submarine built for the United States Navy. She was ordered in 1895 and launched in 1897, but was never commissioned for...
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    Intelligent 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...
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    six more USS Holland class submarines. Before building the Holland VI Holland had built an 1895 prototype, called the Plunger. The Plunger was steam-powered...
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    to Holland Torpedo Boat Station. USS Holland (SS-1), launched 1897 museum ship in 1913, scrapped 1932 USS Plunger (1895) was an experimental steam submarine...
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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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    United States: it served as the base for USS Holland, a submarine launched in May 1897 and several Plunger class submarines launched 1901–1903. However...
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    Crescent Shipyard (category 1895 establishments in New Jersey)
    2001-05-02. "SS-2 A-1 Plunger". GlobalSecurity.org. [1] Another account of the United States Navy's first fully commissioned submarine USS Holland SS-1 purchased...
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    USS Holland (SS-1). The submarine's success led to an order for more submarines of the "Holland Type" by the Navy. Those subs, known as the Plunger-class...
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  • viable weapon of war. This saw the advent of such vessels as the American USS Holland and the French Narval, which set the pattern for submarine design...
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    greater force. A water pump supplied a variable level of water pressure to a plunger encased inside a vertical cylinder, allowing the platform, carrying a heavy...
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    purchased Holland VI, renamed it USS Holland, and awarded the new company a contract to build its first fleet of Plunger-class submarines. Also in 1899...
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  • purchase of Holland VI. These submarines were known as the A class or Plunger class. A prototype was constructed under Busch's direction at the Crescent...
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    Commander; pioneer of submarine service as commanding officer of USS Plunger and USS Porpoise; recipient of the Medal of Honor for leadership during the...
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