USS D-1
USS D-1 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Narwhal |
| Builder | |
| Laid down | 16 April 1908 |
| Launched | 8 April 1909 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Gregory C. Davison |
| Commissioned | 23 November 1909 |
| Decommissioned | 8 February 1922 |
| Renamed | USS D-1, 17 November 1911 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 5 June 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | D-class submarine |
| Displacement | 288 long tons (293 t) |
| Length | 134 ft 10 in (41.10 m) |
| Beam | 13 ft 11 in (4.24 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) on the surface |
| Complement | 15 officers and men |
| Armament | 4 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS D-1 (SS-17) was the lead ship of the D-class submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Narwhal, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the narwhal, a gray and white arctic whale which averages 20 feet in length, the male of which has a long, twisted ivory tusk of commercial value. Narwhal was launched on 8 April 1909 sponsored by Mrs. Gregory C. Davison, and commissioned on 23 November 1909.