USS D-3 (SS-19)
USS D-3 underway off New York City during the October 1912 Naval Review. Kearsarge is in the background.
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| Name: | USS D-3 |
| Builder: | Fore River Shipbuilding, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Launched: | 12 March 1910 |
| Commissioned: | 8 September 1910, as USS Salmon |
| Decommissioned: | 20 March 1922 |
| Renamed: | USS D-3, 17 November 1911 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 31 July 1922 |
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| Class and type: | D-class submarine |
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| Length: | 134 ft 10 in (41.10 m) |
| Beam: | 13 ft 11 in (4.24 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
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| Test depth: | 200 feet (61.0 m) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes |
USS D-3 (SS-19) was a D-class submarine built for the United States Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. It was the first submarine to make an over ocean voyage under its own power.
The D-class submarines were enlarged versions of the preceding C class, the first American submarines armed with four torpedo tubes. They had a length of 134 feet 10 inches (41.1 m) overall, a beam of 13 feet 10 inches (4.2 m) and a mean draft of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m). They displaced 288 long tons (293 t) on the surface and 337 long tons (342 t) submerged. The D-class boats had a crew of 1 officer and 14 enlisted men. They had a diving depth of 200 feet (61.0 m).
For surface running, they were powered by two 300-brake-horsepower (224 kW) gasoline engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a 165-horsepower (123 kW) electric motor. They could reach 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) on the surface and 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) underwater. On the surface, the boats had a range of 1,179 nautical miles (2,184 km; 1,357 mi) at 9.6 knots (17.8 km/h; 11.0 mph) and 24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged.
The boats were armed with four 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes in the bow. They did not carry reloads for them.
D-3 was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Salmon, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the salmon. Salmon was launched on 12 March 1910 sponsored by Eunice Fitzgerald, the daughter of Boston Mayor John F. Fitzgerald.
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