U.S.S. Tuna (1912)

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U.S.S. Tuna (1912)
Hull Number: SS-27
Builder: Lake Torpedo Boat[1]
Ordered: Act of May, 1908[2]
Laid down: 20 Oct, 1909
Launched: 10 Jan, 1912[3]
Commissioned: 1 Dec, 1913
Decommissioned: 2 Apr, 1919
Stricken: 11 Sep, 1919
Foundered: 30 Jul, 1919
Fate: at her mooring

U.S.S. G-2, laid down as U.S.S. Tuna and renamed before being launched, was one of four Seal (or "G") class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

She commissioned on 1 December, 1913 under the command of Lieutenant, junior grade Ralph C. Needham.

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Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 128.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 128.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 128.
  4. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 40.

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