USS B-1
{{Short description|B-class submarine of the United States}}
{{other ships|USS Viper}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=USS B-1.jpg |Ship caption=USS B-1 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1921}} |Ship name=USS Viper |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=*Fore River Shipyard |Ship original cost= $200,957.48 (hull and machinery){{cite journal |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mZEqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA762 |title= Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919 |journal= Congressional Serial Set |publisher= U.S. Government Printing Office |year= 1921 |page= 762 }} |Ship laid down=5 September 1905 |Ship launched=30 March 1907 |Ship sponsor=Mrs. Lillian Spear |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=18 October 1907 |Ship decommissioned=1 December 1921 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship renamed=B-1, 17 November 1911 |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship fate=Sunk as a target, 1922 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=B-class submarine |Ship displacement=*{{convert|145|LT|t|abbr=on}} surfaced
|Ship length={{convert|82|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|12|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|10|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship power=*{{convert|250|bhp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}} (gasoline)
|Ship propulsion=*1 × gasoline engine
|Ship speed=*{{convert|9|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
|Ship range=*{{convert|540|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|9|kn}} on the surface
|Ship test depth={{convert|150|ft|1}} |Ship complement=10 officers and enlisted |Ship armament=2 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes) |Ship notes= }} |
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.
Description
The B-class submarines were enlarged versions of the preceding Plunger class. They had a length of {{convert|82|ft|5|in|m|1}} overall, a beam of {{convert|12|ft|6|in|m|1}} and a mean draft of {{convert|10|ft|7|in|m|1}}. They displaced {{convert|145|LT|t}} on the surface and {{convert|170|LT|t}} submerged. The B-class boats had a crew of one officer and nine enlisted men. They had a diving depth of {{convert|150|ft|1}}.Friedman, p. 306
For surface running, they were powered by one {{convert|240|bhp|lk=in|0|adj=on}} gasoline engine that drove the single propeller shaft. When submerged the propeller was driven by a {{convert|115|hp|0|adj=on}} electric motor. The boats could reach {{convert|9|kn|lk=in}} on the surface and {{convert|8|kn}} underwater. On the surface, they had a range of {{convert|540|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|9|kn}} and {{convert|12|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn}} 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.Gardiner & Gray, p. 127
Construction and career
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.
Viper was launched on 30 March 1907 sponsored by Mrs. Lillian Spear, wife of Lawrence York Spear, Vice President of the Holland Torpedo Boat Company. The boat was commissioned on 18 October 1907. She reported to the Second Submarine Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet.
Service history
Viper cruised along the Atlantic coast on training and experimental exercises until going into reserve at Charleston Navy Yard on 30 November 1909. Recommissioned on 15 April 1910, she served with the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet until assigned to the Reserve Torpedo Group at Charleston Navy Yard on 9 May 1911. On 17 November, her name was changed to B-1.
In April 1914, B-1 was towed to Norfolk, Virginia, and later loaded aboard the collier {{USS|Hector|AC-7|2}} for transport to the Philippine Islands. Arriving at Olongapo, Luzon on 24 March 1915, B-1 was launched from the deck of Hector on 15 April and recommissioned two days later.
B-1 was assigned to the First Submarine Division, Torpedo Flotilla, Asiatic Fleet on 19 May 1915 and later served with the Second Submarine Division in Manila Bay's Naval Base Manila. On 1 December 1921, B-1 was decommissioned at Cavite, Philippine Islands, and subsequently used as a target.
See also
Notes
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References
- {{cite journal |last1=Eger|first1=Christopher L.|title=Hudson Fulton Celebration, Part II |journal=Warship International|date=March 2021|volume=LVIII |issue=1 |pages=58–81 |issn=0043-0374}}
- {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1995|isbn=1-55750-263-3}}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Wright|first1=C. C.|title=Question 40/02: Submarines Expended as Targets 1922 |journal=Warship International |date=2003|volume=XL|issue=4|pages=286–298 |issn=0043-0374}}
{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/b-1.html |http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss10.htm}}
External links
- {{navsource|08/08010|USS Viper}}
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Category:United States B-class submarines
Category:World War I submarines of the United States
Category:Ships sunk as targets
Category:Shipwrecks in Manila Bay