USS C-2
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| Career | 
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|---|---|
| Laid down: | 4 March 1908 |
| Launched: | 8 April 1909 |
| Commissioned: | 23 November 1909 |
| Decommissioned: | 23 December 1919 |
| Stricken: | 23 December 1919 |
| Fate: | sold for scrap on 13 April 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 238 tons surfaced, 275 tons submerged[1] |
| Length: | 105 ft 4 in (32.11 m) |
| Beam: | 13 ft 11 in (4.24 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Craig gasoline engines, electric motors: two shafts |
| Speed: | 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced, 9 kn (17 km/h) submerged[2] |
| Complement: | 15 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tube]s, bow (four torpedoes)[3] |
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.
See also
USS Stingray lists other ships of the same name.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.