Editing Plunger-class submarine (section)

== Service ==
The five East Coast boats were based at [[Holland Torpedo Boat Station]] at [[New Suffolk, New York]] from 1903 until 1905, allowing New Suffolk to claim to be the first submarine base in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cutchoguenewsuffolk.org/history.htm |publisher=cutchoguenewsuffolk.org |title=History of Cutchogue-New Suffolk |access-date=2007-11-04 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060429124418/http://www.cutchoguenewsuffolk.org/history.htm |archive-date=29 April 2006 }}</ref>   As of January 1905, ''Grampus'' and ''Pike'' were at the Mare Island Navy Yard, ''Plunger'', ''Porpoise'' and ''Shark'' were at the New York Navy Yard and ''Adder'' and ''Moccasin'' were assigned to Reserve Torpedo Flotilla in Norfolk, Virginia.  

In 1908 the ''A-2'', ''A-4'', ''A-6'' and ''A-7'' were moved on ships to [[Subic Bay]] in the [[Philippine Islands]], where they served through the First World War.  They were joined in 1915 by ''A-3'' and ''A-5''.  ''A-1'' (''Plunger'') served at [[Charleston, South Carolina]] until she was decommissioned in 1913.

After the initial deficiencies were worked out these boats served the Navy quite well for their entire service lives. They were considered pathfinders in submarine technology, and the design drew great interest from foreign navies. A slightly modified design, EB 7P, formed the basis for the first submarines of the British [[Royal Navy]], and the navies of [[Japan]], the [[Netherlands]], and [[Russian Empire|Imperial Russia]].<ref>Friedman, pp. 35-36</ref> However, the rapidly advancing military technology of the early 20th century quickly made these boats obsolescent, and by the end of [[World War I]] they were completely outmoded.<ref>Christley, pp. 13</ref>   ''A-2'' (''Adder''), ''A-4'' (''Moccasin''), ''A-6'' (''Porpoise'') and ''A-7'' (''Shark'') were all decommissioned in December 1919.

The class was given alphanumeric [[hull classification symbol]]s (SS-2, SS-3, etc.) on 17 July 1920, after all but ''Grampus'' (SS-4) and ''Pike'' (SS-6) had been decommissioned.  ''Grampus'' and ''Pike'' were decommissioned in July 1921.  All boats in the class, except ''Plunger'', were used as targets. They were stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 16 January 1922 and sold for scrap.<ref name="Conways1"/>