USS D-3

USS D-3 underway off New York City during the October 1912 Naval Review. Kearsarge is in the background.
History
United States
NameUSS Salmon
Builder
Laid down16 April 1908
Launched12 March 1910
Sponsored byEunice Fitzgerald
Commissioned8 September 1910
Decommissioned20 March 1922
RenamedUSS D-3, 17 November 1911
FateSold for scrap, 31 July 1922
General characteristics
Class & typeD-class submarine
Displacement
  • 288 long tons (293 t) surfaced
  • 337 long tons (342 t) submerged
Length134 ft 10 in (41.10 m)
Beam13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
Draft12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Installed power
  • 600 bhp (450 kW) (gasoline)
  • 330 hp (250 kW) (electric)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced
  • 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) submerged
Range
  • 1,179 nmi (2,184 km; 1,357 mi) at 9.3 knots (17.2 km/h; 10.7 mph) on the surface
  • 24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Test depth200 feet (61.0 m)
Complement15 officers and enlisted
Armament4 × 18-inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes

USS D-3 (SS-19) was a D-class submarine built for the United States Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. It was the first submarine to make an over ocean voyage under its own power.