USS B-1 (SS-10)
USS B-1
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| Name: | USS Viper |
| Builder: | Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, |
| Cost: | $200,957.48 (hull and machinery) |
| Launched: | 30 March 1907 |
| Commissioned: | 18 October 1907 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 December 1921 |
| Renamed: | B-1, 17 November 1911 |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target, 1922 |
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| Class and type: | B-class submarine |
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| Length: | 82 ft 5 in (25.12 m) |
| Beam: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) |
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| Test depth: | 150 feet (45.7 m) |
| Complement: | 10 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes) |
USS B-1 (SS-10) was the lead ship of her class of submarines built for the United States Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
The B-class submarines were enlarged versions of the preceding Plunger class. They had a length of 82 feet 5 inches (25.1 m) overall, a beam of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m) and a mean draft of 10 feet 7 inches (3.2 m). They displaced 145 long tons (147 t) on the surface and 170 long tons (170 t) submerged. The B-class boats had a crew of one officer and nine enlisted men. They had a diving depth of 150 feet (45.7 m).
For surface running, they were powered by one 240-brake-horsepower (179 kW) gasoline engine that drove the single propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a 115-horsepower (86 kW) electric motor. The boats could reach 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) on the surface and 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) underwater. On the surface, they had a range of 540 nautical miles (1,000 km; 620 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) and 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged.
The B-class boats were armed with two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes in the bow. They carried two reloads, for a total of four torpedoes.
B-1 was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of New Suffolk, Long Island, as Viper, making her the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the viper.
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