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	1.94k	Youngest Naval Sponsor Held Her Court at Meeting. The Cuttlefish (SS-11) was sponsored by Miss Eleanor Gow, daughter of Commander J. L. Gow.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 21 February 1908, Last Edition, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	103k	Launching of Cuttlefish (SS-11) at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA. 1 September 1906.		Photo courtesy of R.C. Richards, U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press. PDF image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 22 November 1914, Image 38, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 03/12/13.
	1.37k	NEW SUBMARINES FOR OUR NAVY. The submarine torpedo boat Cuttlefish (SS-11) which was launched at Gurney Mass. last week is one of the four Holland boats now being built for the government at that place. The dimensions and particulars of the Cuttlefish are held as confidential by the navy department but it is known that it is to be larger and faster than the Holland boats now owned by the government.		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from Desert Evening News. (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 22 September 1906, Last Edition, Part Two, Image 26, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.68k	WARNED by costly accidents, UNCLE SAM will substitute submarines for HARBOR mines in his SCHEME of costal DEFENCE.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 07 October 1906, Magazine Section, Image 40, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	76k	Cuttlefish (SS-11) underway, circa 1907. Photographed by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 55541.
	92k	Cuttlefish (SS-11) off Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1907.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 55540.
	103k	The three B-boats (SS-10/12) (Inboard) Cuttlefish (SS-11), Tarantula (SS-12), and Viper (SS-10) share a snowy dry dock at the New York Navy Yard, 25 January 1908. Note that each one still has a single fixed periscope, with a flagstaff above it. Boats running submerged flew flags on these staffs to warn surface ships against running them down. Note, too, the running lights affixed to boards on the foremasts.		Collection of Rear. Admiral Henry Williams. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
	221k	The B-boats of the Viper class: Viper (SS-10), Cuttlefish (SS-11),& Tarantula (SS-12), the ultimate development of the single screw Holland design, introduced a much more extensive superstructure for sea keeping. As designed, Viper had only the single periscope shown, as in Plunger, it was let into the conning tower. A second (hull) periscope was later added. Engine gearing had been abandoned, the propeller shaft no longer coincided precisely with the axis of the hull. Air compressors and main bilge pumps were driven from the main shaft via clutches and gears; they could be operated by either the motor or the engine. Note that, in a boat this small, a reload torpedo occupied much of the hull.		Collection of Rear. Admiral Henry Williams. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
	102k	Cuttlefish (SS-11) in port, circa 1907-1911.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 37.
	101k	Cuttlefish (SS-11) in port with crew members on deck, circa 1907-1911.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 36.
	101k	Cuttlefish (SS-11) in port, probably at the New York Navy Yard, circa 1908. Photographed by Enrique Muller.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 55539A.
	470k	Viper (SS-10), Cuttlefish (SS-11) and Tarantula (SS-12) lie together in dry dock at the New York Navy Yard, 25 January 1908.		NARA (National Archives and Record Administration) photo # 19N-15-28-6, courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
	85k	The Cuttlefish (SS-11), probably in dry dock at the New York Navy Yard, 25 January 1908.		Courtesy of Robert Hurst.
	117k	Photo entitled U.S. Submarine. Note the #'s 11, 13 & 14 on their periscope shears. The numbers are not indicative of their hull numbers but indicate the squadron they belong to. They are nested possibly in Cavite near Manila in the Philipines. The row of holes along the upper edge of the superstructure forward are for venting air out of the superstructure free flooding space. The two periscopes are shown on each boat, one going to the control room the other to the small conning tower.		Partial text courtesy of Jim Christley & oldsubsplace.com. Digital ID # 19799, LC-F81-2433. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, National Photo Company Collection.
	109k	Cuttlefish (SS-11), Tarantula (SS-12), and Viper (SS-10) in port, circa 1909.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 29.
	122k	Cuttlefish (SS-11) participating in a naval review in New York Harbor, circa 1910.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 76492.
	1.48k	HARD LIFE ON A SUBMARINE AIR HEAVY WITH GASOLINE. A CHIEF CAUSE OF TROUBLE. THE SUBMARINES TARANTULA (SS-12) & CUTTLEFISH (SS-11) MOORED IN THE BASIN OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY. THE OLYMPIA (C-6), DEWEY'S FLAGSHIP AT MANILA, IN THE OFFING.		Image and text provided by The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. Photo from The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 10 July 1910, Third Section, Image 29, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	82k	Ajax (AC-14) in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, preparing to launch B-2 (SS-11) from her deck, circa 12 May 1913. Ajax had transported B-2 and B-3 (SS-12) to Manila from Norfolk, Virginia.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 98923.
	97k	B-3 (ex-Tarantula) (SS-12) lies in Manila Bay after her voyage from Norfolk with B-2 (ex-Cuttlefish) (SS-11) as deck cargo, forward, in late April or May 1913, before they were launched from her deck.		USNHC photo # NH 90172, from the Philip H. Wilson Collection, submitted by Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret.
	80k	B-2 (ex-Cuttlefish) (SS-11) off the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands, with an awning rigged and crew members on deck, circa 1913-1917.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 63093.
	80k	B-2 (ex-Cuttlefish) (SS-11) and General Alava (AG-5) in Philippine waters, prior to World War I.		Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1977. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 85719.
	72k	Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands. View on the waterfront, with a rather rough sea running, circa 1914-1916. B-2 (ex-Cuttlefish) (SS-11) is alongside the pier in right center.		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 88580.
	67k	B-1 (SS-10), (inboard) & B-2(SS-11) at the Cavite Naval Base, Philippines, 1916.		Photo courtesy of Vern Maxson, LCDR(SS), USNR-Ret.Photo fix by Jim Keeling.

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