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== Boats in class == {| class="wikitable" width="70%" |+[[USS Plunger (SS-2)|USS ''Plunger'' (SS-2) / ''A-1'']] | width="150" |Designation: || Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 2, SS-2 || rowspan="9" width="200px" |[[Image:USS Plunger - NH 85735 - cropped.jpg|200px]] |- | Builders: || [[Crescent Shipyard]] in [[Elizabethport, New Jersey]] |- | Laid down: || 21 May 1901 |- | Launched: || 1 February 1902 ([[List of ship launches in 1902|List]]) |- | Operator: || {{navy|United States}} |- | Commissioned: || 19 September 1903 ([[List of ship commissionings in 1903|List]]) |- | Decommissioned: || 24 February 1913 ([[List of ship decommissionings in 1913|List]]) |- | Fate: || Sold for scrap 26 January 1922 |- | Operations: || Torpedo testing, training, [[Theodore Roosevelt]] tour. Second US Navy submarine to be decommissioned. |} {| class="wikitable" width="70%" |+[[USS Adder (SS-3)|USS ''Adder'' / ''A-2'']] | width="150" | Designation: || Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 3, SS-3 || rowspan="9" width="200px" |[[Image:USS Adder - NH 57722.jpeg|200px]] |- | Builders: || [[Crescent Shipyard]] in [[Elizabethport, New Jersey]] |- | Laid down: || 3 October 1900 |- | Launched: || 22 July 1901 ([[List of ship launches in 1901|List]]) |- | Operator: || {{navy|United States}} |- | Commissioned: || 12 January 1903 ([[List of ship commissionings in 1903|List]]) |- | Decommissioned: || 12 December 1919 ([[List of ship decommissionings in 1913|List]]) |- | Fate: || Sunk as a target ship |- | Operations: || Torpedo testing, training, peace time patrol. Moved to Philippines in 1909. |} {| class="wikitable" width="70%" |+[[USS Grampus (SS-4)|USS ''Grampus'' / ''A-3'']] | width="150" | Designation: || Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 4, SS-4 || rowspan="9" width="200px" |[[Image:USS Grampus (SS-4).jpg|200px]] |- | Builders: || [[Union Iron Works]] in [[San Francisco, California]] |- | Laid down: || 10 December 1900 |- | Launched: || 31 July 1902 ([[List of ship launches in 1902|List]]) |- | Operator: || {{navy|United States}} |- | Commissioned: || 28 May 1903 ([[List of ship commissionings in 1903|List]]) |- | Decommissioned: || 25 July 1921 ([[List of ship decommissionings in 1921|List]]) |- | Fate: || Struck 16 January 1922 and sunk as a target ship |- | Operations: || [[San Francisco earthquake of 1906]] relief efforts. Moved to Philippines in 1915. |} {| class="wikitable" width="70%" |+[[USS Moccasin (SS-5)|USS ''Moccasin'' / ''A-4'']] | width="150" | Designation: || Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5, SS-5 || rowspan="9" width="200px" |[[Image:USS Moccasin (SS-5).jpg|200px]] |- | Builders: || [[Crescent Shipyard]] in [[Elizabethport, New Jersey]] |- | Laid down: || 8 November 1900 |- | Launched: || 20 August 1901 ([[List of ship launches in 1901|List]]) |- | Operator:|| {{navy|United States}} |- | Commissioned: || 17 January 1903 ([[List of ship commissionings in 1903|List]]) |- | Decommissioned: || 12 December 1919 ([[List of ship decommissionings in 1919|List]]) |- | Fate: || Target ship |- | Operations: || Training, trials, peacetime patrol. Moved to Philippines in 1909. |} {| class="wikitable" width="70%" |+[[USS Pike (SS-6)|USS ''Pike'' / ''A-5'']] | width="150" | Designation: || Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 6, SS-6 || rowspan="9" width="200px" |[[Image:USS Pike (SS-6).jpg|200px]] |- | Builders: || [[Union Iron Works]] in [[San Francisco, California]] |- | Laid down: || 10 December 1900 |- | Launched: || 14 January 1903 ([[List of ship launches in 1903|List]]) |- | Operator: || {{navy|United States}} |- | Commissioned: || 28 May 1903 ([[List of ship commissionings in 1903|List]]) |- | Decommissioned: || 25 July 1921 ([[List of ship decommissionings in 1913|List]]) |- | Fate: || Sold for scrap 26 January 1922 |- | Operations: || San Francisco earthquake of 1906 recovery efforts, training & trials, harbor patrol. Moved to Philippines in 1915. |} {| class="wikitable" width="70%" |+[[USS Porpoise (SS-7)|USS ''Porpoise'', ''A-6'']] | width="150" | Designation: || Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 7, SS-7 || rowspan="9" width="200px" |[[Image:Porpoise (SS-7) and Shark (SS-8);H98835k.jpg|200px]] |- | Builders: || [[Crescent Shipyard]] in [[Elizabethport, New Jersey]] |- | Laid down: || 13 December 1900 |- | Launched: || 23 September 1901 ([[List of ship launches in 1901|List]]) |- | Operator: || {{navy|United States}} |- | Commissioned: || 19 September 1903 ([[List of ship commissionings in 1903|List]]) |- | Decommissioned: || 12 December 1919 ([[List of ship decommissionings in 1919|List]]) |- | Fate: || Target ship |- | Operations: || Whiting experiment, other trials, harbor patrols. Moved to Philippines in 1908. |} <!--[[Image:Plunger class submarines.jpg|thumb|right|''Plunger'', ''Adder'', ''Moccasin'', ''Porpoise'', and ''Shark''.]]--> {| class="wikitable" width="70%" |+[[USS Shark (SS-8)|USS ''Shark'', ''A-7'']] | width="150" | Designation: || Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 8, SS-8 || rowspan="9" width="200px" |[[File:USS Shark - 19-N-6787.jpg|200px]] |- | Builders: || [[Crescent Shipyard]] in [[Elizabethport, New Jersey]] |- | Laid down: || 11 January 1901 |- | Launched: || 19 October 1901 ([[List of ship launches in 1901|List]]) |- | Operator: || {{navy|United States}} |- | Commissioned: || 19 September 1903 ([[List of ship commissionings in 1903|List]]) |- | Decommissioned: || 12 December 1919 ([[List of ship decommissionings in 1919|List]]) |- | Fate: || Target ship |- | Operations: || Torpedo and other trials, Manila Bay patrols. Moved to Philippines in 1908. |}
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