USS C-3
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsUSS Tarpon/C-3 (SS-14), also known as "Submarine No. 14", 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 to be named for the tarpon.
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
Tarpon was laid down, on 17 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 Miss Katherine E. Theiss, and commissioned on 23 November 1909.Template:Sfn
Service history
She was renamed C-3 on 17 November 1911. The boat cruised along the East Coast with the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet and the Atlantic Submarine Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet, through the early 1913, operating in tests and exercises. From May to December 1913, she was based at Guantánamo Bay, and on 12 December, reported at Cristóbal, Colón, Panama Canal Zone. Her operations included exploration of anchorages, tactical drills, and harbor defense patrol at Canal Zone ports. In the summer of 1918, she patrolled off Florida, then returned to Panamanian waters.Template:Sfn
Fate
C-3 was placed in ordinary at Coco Solo, Canal Zone, on 22 August 1919, decommissioned there on 23 December 1919, and sold on 12 April 1920.Template:Sfn
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