USS Adder
Adder running trials in Long Island Sound, 1903 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Adder |
| Namesake | Vipera berus |
| Ordered | 7 June 1900 |
| Awarded | 25 August 1900 |
| Builder | |
| Laid down | 3 October 1900 |
| Launched | 22 July 1901 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Jane S. Wainwright |
| Commissioned | 12 January 1903 |
| Decommissioned | 26 July 1909 |
| Commissioned | 10 February 1910 |
| Decommissioned | 12 December 1919 |
| Renamed | A-2 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3), 17 November 1911 |
| Stricken | 16 January 1922 |
| Identification | Hull symbol:SS-3, 17 July 1920 |
| Fate | Designated for use as a target, 24 September 1920 and expended mid-January 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Plunger-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 63 ft 10 in (19.46 m) |
| Beam | 11 ft 11 in (3.63 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) |
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| Test depth | 150 ft (45.7 m) |
| Complement | 7 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 1 × bow 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tube |
| Armor | Conning tower#Submarines: 3+5⁄8 in (92 mm) |
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 decade of the 20th century.