USS C-2
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsUSS Stingray/C-2 (SS-13), also known as "Submarine No. 13", was one of five C-class submarines built for the United States Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was the first boat in the USN named for the stingray.
Design
The C-class submarines were enlarged versions of the preceding B class; they were the first American submarines with two propeller shafts. They had a length of Template:Cvt overall, a beam of Template:Cvt and a mean draft of Template:Cvt. They displaced Template:Cvt on the surface and Template:Cvt submerged. They had a diving depth of Template:Cvt. The C-class boats had a crew of 1 officer and 14 enlisted men.Template:Sfn
For surface running, they were powered by two Template:Convert Craig gasoline engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a Template:Convert electric motor. They could reach Template:Cvt on the surface and Template:Cvt underwater. On the surface, the boats had a range of Template:Cvt at Template:Cvt and Template:Cvt at Template:Cvt submerged.Template:Sfn
The boats were armed with two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes in the bow. They carried two reloads, for a total of four torpedoes.Template:Sfn
Construction and career
Stingray was laid down, on 4 March 1908, by Fore River Shipbuilding Company, in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company. She was launched on 8 April 1909, sponsored by Ms. Elizabeth Stevens, and commissioned on 23 November 1909.Template:Sfn
She was renamed C-2, on 17 November 1911. C-2 was assigned to the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet, and later the Atlantic Submarine Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet, and 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, Colón, 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.Template:Sfn
Fate
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.Template:Sfn
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