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|style="text-align: center" colspan="2"|[[Image:Uss C-2 1909.jpg|300px|Sponsor Miss Elizabeth Stevens, holding the Sponsor's Bouquet, standing near USS Stingray's bow ready to christen her during the launching ceremonies at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 8 April 1909.]]
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|4 March 1908
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|8 April 1909
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|23 November 1909
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|sold for scrap on 13 April 1920
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|238 tons surfaced, 275 tons submerged<ref>Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Weapons and Warfare'' (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 19, p.2037, "''Octopus''".</ref>
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|Ship class= [[United States C class submarine|C class]] [[submarine]]
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|Ship displacement={{convert|238|LT|t|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} surfaced<br/>{{convert|275|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} submerged<ref name="Fitzsimons">Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Weapons and Warfare'' (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 19, p.2037, "''Octopus''".</ref>
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'''USS ''C-2'' (SS-13)''' was a [[United States C class submarine|''C''-class submarine]] of the [[United States Navy]].
'''USS ''C-2'' (SS-13)''' was a [[United States C class submarine|''C''-class submarine]] of the [[United States Navy]].


''C-2'' was laid down by [[Fore River Shipbuilding]] Company in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]] - under a subcontract from [[Electric Boat]] Company - as '''''Stingray'''''. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 8 April 1909 sponsored by Miss E. Stevens, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 23 November 1909, [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] E. B. Armstrong in command. She was renamed '''''C-2''''' on 17 November 1911.
''C-2'' was laid down by [[Fore River Shipbuilding]] Company in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]] - under a subcontract from [[Electric Boat]] Company - as '''''Stingray'''''. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 8 April 1909 sponsored by Miss E. Stevens, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 23 November 1909, [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] E. B. Armstrong in command. She was renamed '''''C-2''''' on 17 November 1911.


==Service History==
==Service history==
''C-2'' - assigned to the [[United States Atlantic Fleet|Atlantic]] Torpedo Fleet and later the Atlantic Submarine Flotilla - cruised along the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] until 20 May 1913, when she cleared [[Norfolk, Virginia]] for six months of operations from [[Guantánamo Bay, Cuba]]. In December, she reported at [[Cristóbal, Panama]], and began an operating schedule of [[torpedo]] practice, exploration of anchorages, and harbor defense duty at ports of the [[Panama Canal Zone]]. During the latter part of [[World War I]], ''C-2'' patrolled the [[Florida]] coast. The submarine was placed in ordinary at [[Coco Solo]], Canal Zone on 22 August 1919, and was decommissioned on 23 December 1919. She was sold for scrap on 13 April 1920.
''C-2'' - assigned to the [[United States Atlantic Fleet|Atlantic]] Torpedo Fleet and later the Atlantic Submarine Flotilla - cruised along the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] until 20 May 1913, when she cleared [[Norfolk, Virginia]] for six months of operations from [[Guantánamo Bay, Cuba]]. In December, she reported at [[Cristóbal, Panama]], and began an operating schedule of [[torpedo]] practice, exploration of anchorages, and harbor defense duty at ports of the [[Panama Canal Zone]]. During the latter part of [[World War I]], ''C-2'' patrolled the [[Florida]] coast. The submarine was placed in ordinary at [[Coco Solo]], Canal Zone on 22 August 1919, and was decommissioned on 23 December 1919. She was sold for scrap on 13 April 1920.


==See also==
== References ==
[[USS Stingray|USS ''Stingray'']] lists other ships of the same name.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c1/c-2.htm|http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss13.htm}}
{{DANFS}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{navsource|08/08013|USS Stingray}}
*[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c1/c-2.htm history.navy.mil: USS ''C-2'']
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08013.htm navsource.org: USS ''Stingray'']
*[http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss13.htm hazegray.org: USS ''Stingray'']


{{United States C class submarine}}
{{United States C class submarine}}

Revision as of 19:35, 12 October 2009

For other ships with the same name, see USS Stingray.
USS Stingray during launching ceremonies, 8 April 1909
Sponsor Miss Elizabeth Stevens, holding the Sponsor's Bouquet, standing near USS Stingray's bow ready to christen her during the launching ceremonies at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 8 April 1909.
History
NameUSS Stingray
BuilderFore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down4 March 1908
Launched8 April 1909
Commissioned23 November 1909
Decommissioned23 December 1919
RenamedC-2, 17 November 1911
Stricken23 December 1919
FateSold for scrap, 13 April 1920
General characteristics
Class and typeC class submarine
Displacementlist error: <br /> list (help)
238 long tons (242 t) surfaced
275 long tons (279 t) submerged[1]
Length105 ft 4 in (32.11 m)
Beam13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
Draft10 ft (3.0 m)
PropulsionCraig gasoline engines, electric motors, two shafts
Speedlist error: <br /> list (help)
10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged[1]
Complement15 officers and enlisted
Armament2 × 18 in (457 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes)[1]

USS C-2 (SS-13) was a C-class submarine of the United States Navy.

C-2 was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts - under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company - as Stingray. She was launched on 8 April 1909 sponsored by Miss E. Stevens, and commissioned on 23 November 1909, Ensign E. B. Armstrong in command. She was renamed C-2 on 17 November 1911.

Service history

C-2 - assigned to the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet and later the Atlantic Submarine Flotilla - cruised along the East Coast until 20 May 1913, when she cleared Norfolk, Virginia for six months of operations from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In December, she reported at Cristóbal, Panama, and began an operating schedule of torpedo practice, exploration of anchorages, and harbor defense duty at ports of the Panama Canal Zone. During the latter part of World War I, C-2 patrolled the Florida coast. The submarine was placed in ordinary at Coco Solo, Canal Zone on 22 August 1919, and was decommissioned on 23 December 1919. She was sold for scrap on 13 April 1920.

References

  1. ^ a b c Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Weapons and Warfare (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 19, p.2037, "Octopus".

External links

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