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	71k	The Stingray's (SS-13) Sponsor, Miss Elizabeth Stevens (center, holding flowers), with Miss Amanda Bayden, standing near Stingray's bow shortly before the christening, at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, on 8 April 1909. At left is Miss Katherine E. Theiss, who christened Tarpon (SS-14) on the same day.		Photograph # NH 99001, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy.
	126k	Port side view of the Stingray (SS-13) sliding down the launching ways at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, on 8 April 1909.		USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
	2.56k	SUBMARINE RECENTLY LAUNCHED Picture of the new United States submarine Stingray (SS-13) which with her sister ships Tarpon (SS-14) and Narwhal (SS-17) were recently launched at the Fore River Ship Building Companys yards in Quincy, Mass. She is 105 feet long and when completed will be one of the finest submarines in the world.		Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Herald. (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 02 May 1909, Fourth Part, Image 28, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	53k	Navy submarines in port, circa 1909. Possibly photographed at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, these submarines are (from left to right): C-3 (SS-14); either D-1 (SS-17) or D-3 (SS-19); C-5 (SS-16); C-2 (SS-13); C-4 (SS-15);and D-2 (SS-18).		Photograph # NH 53776, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
	153k	Atlantic Fleet Submarines at Baltimore, Maryland, on 30 October 1910. These submarines are (from left to right): C-2 (SS-13); C-3 (SS-14); and C-5 (SS-16). Note their 13-star "boat" flags.		Photograph # NH 92953, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
	163k	Snapper (SS-16) & Stingray (SS-13) near the bow of their tender Severn between 1910 and 1915.		Digital ID # ggbain.09978, LC-B2- 2335-10. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen.
	528k	SUBMARINE THAT TOOK PART IN GREAT RECORD SWIM		Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI. Photo from Evening Bulletin. (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii) 1895-1912, 22 July 1911, 3:30 EDITION, Image 17, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	1.25k	In Wake of Craft That Cleaves the Depths Lie Many Dead Pioneers Experiments That Led Up to Wonderful Feat of a Squadron of American Submarines the Other Day Have Cost Hundreds of Lives and Millions of Money.		Embedded text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press. PDF Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 2 July 1911, Image 17, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	77k	C-2 (SS-13) underway somewhere in the Atlantic, post 1911.		USN / USNI photo.
	121k	First Division, Atlantic Submarine Flotilla with their crews posed on deck, while moored alongside their tender, (Severn), circa 1913. These submarines are (from left to right): C-4 (SS-15); unidentified submarine, possibly D-class; C-5 (SS-16); and C-2 (SS-13).		Photograph # NH 85090, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
	695k	USING CANAL LOCK CHAMBER AS DRY DOCK FOR SUBMARINES Five of Uncle Sams submarines which will guard the Pacific entrance to the canal are resting on the floor of the upper lock chamber of the Gatun locks. Workmen are busy overhauling, painting and repairing the vessels prior to their taking up their duties as guardians of the Pacific approach to the canal.		Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE. Photo from The Red Cloud Chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 09 April 1914, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. PDF added 05/24/11.
	785k	UNCLE SAM TESTS WORKING OF ELECTRIC TOWING LOCOMOTIVES IN PANAMA CANAL; BIG LINER PASSES THROUGH GATUN LOCKS Top, the tender (Severn), followed by navy submarines, in lower east chamber of Gatun locks, waiting for the water to be lowered to sea level; bottom, towed by electrically-driven locomotives on lines suggesting switchbacks; the tender (Severn) entering the middle east chamber of the Gatun locks.		Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from The Ogden Standard. (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 13 June 1914, 4 P.M. City Edition, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
	53k	C-1 (SS-09); C-2 (SS-13) & C-3 (SS-14) operating at Gatun Locks. C-Class submarines and tender (Severn). Attaching cables from towing locomotives and moving into position to enter upper locks. 14 April 1914.		NARA (National Archives and Record Administration) photo # 19-N-502, courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
	92k	C-Class submarines in the Gatun Locks, Panama Canal, circa 1914. Photograph printed on a color-tinted postal card, prior to World War I. The submarine present include (in no particular order): C-1 (SS-09); C-2 (SS-13) C-3 (SS-14); C-4 (SS-15); and C-5 (SS-16).		Photograph # NH 85276, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
	221k	Bow on view of C-Class submarines in the Gatun Locks, Panama Canal, circa 1914. Photograph printed on a color-tinted postal card, prior to World War I. The submarine present include (in no particular order): C-1 (SS-09); C-2 (SS-13); C-3 (SS-14); C-4 (SS-15); and C-5 (SS-16).		Photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp.
	118k	C-Class Submarines alongside Charleston (C-22) in Panama Canal Zone waters, circa 1916-1917. These submarines are (from left to right): C-5 (SS-16); C-2 (SS-13);and C-3 (SS-14). Photographed by Pickard & Zell. Note the small rowboat, and Sailors washing clothing on the float between the cruiser and the submarines.		Photograph # NH 100941, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
	301k	Scenic port scene showing the Octopus (SS-09), C-2 (SS-13) & C-5 (SS-16) tied up alongside their tender with other vessels.		US Navy photo, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
	23k	C-2 (SS-13) possibly engaging in torpedo recovery exercises, date and location unknown.		USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
	489k	SUBMARINES HELP PROTECT CANAL ZONE Five United States submersibles in the Gatun lock on the Atlantic side of the canal. Extraordinary precautions have been taken to guard the waterway. All Germans in the employ of the government were dismissed immediately when we broke with the kaiser.		Image and text provided by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ. Photo from Tombstone Epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 25 February 1917, WEEKLY EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.

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