USS Adder (SS-3)
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Adder running trials in Long Island Sound, 1903
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| Name: | Adder |
| Namesake: | Vipera berus |
| Ordered: | 7 June 1900 |
| Awarded: | 25 August 1900 |
| Builder: | Crescent Shipyard, Elizabeth, New Jersey |
| Laid down: | 3 October 1900 |
| Launched: | 22 July 1901 |
| 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 |
| Struck: | 16 January 1922 |
| Identification: | Hull symbol:SS-3, 17 July 1920 |
| Fate: | Designated for use as a target, 24 September 1920 |
| Status: | Sunk as target mid-January 1922 |
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| Class and type: | Plunger-class submarine |
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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.
Adder was laid down on 3 October 1900 at the Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey, by Lewis Nixon, a subcontractor for the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Company, New York City; launched on 22 July 1901; sponsored by Mrs. Jane S. Wainwright, wife of Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright; and commissioned on 12 January 1903 at the Holland yard at New Suffolk, Ensign Frank L. Pinney in command.
The Plunger-class submarines were enlarged and improved versions of the preceding Holland, the first submarine in the USN. They had a length of 63 ft 10 in (19.5 m) overall, a beam of 11 ft 11 in (3.6 m) and a mean draft of 10 ft 7 in (3.2 m). They displaced 107 long tons (109 t) on the surface and 123 long tons (125 t) submerged. The Plunger-class boats had a crew of one officer and six enlisted men. They had a diving depth of 150 feet (45.7 m).
For surface running, they were powered by one 180-brake-horsepower (134 kW) gasoline engine that drove the single propeller. When submerged the propeller was driven by a 70-horsepower (52 kW) electric motor. The boats could reach 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) on the surface and 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) underwater.
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