USS Plunger (SS-2)
Plunger in 1902 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Plunger |
| Namesake | Plunger, a diver or daring gambler |
| Builder | |
| Laid down | 21 May 1901 |
| Launched | 1 February 1902 |
| Commissioned | 19 September 1903 |
| Decommissioned | 3 November 1905 |
| Recommissioned | 23 February 1907 |
| Stricken | 24 February 1913 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 26 January 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Plunger-class submarine |
| Displacement | 107 long tons (109 t) |
| Length | 64 ft (20 m) |
| Beam | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed |
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| Complement | 7 |
| Armament | 1 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tube (five torpedoes) |
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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 was designated an A-type submarine. She is not to be confused with the experimental submarine Plunger which was evaluated by the U.S. Navy from 1898 to 1900, but not accepted or commissioned.