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Stingray / C-2 (SS-13)

C Class Submarine: Laid down, 4 March 1908, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 8 April 1909; Commissioned USS Stingray, 23 November 1909; Renamed USS C-2, 17 November 1911; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 23 December 1919, at Coco Solo C.Z.; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 April 1920.

Specifications: Displacement, surfaced 238 t., submerged 275 t.; Length 105' 4"; Beam 13' 11"; Draft 10' 7"; Speed, surfaced 10.5 kts, submerged 9 kts; Depth Limit 200'; Complement 1 Officer, 14 Enlisted; Armament, two 18" torpedo tubes, four torpedoes; Propulsion, gasoline electric, Craig Shipbuilding Co. gasoline engines, 250 hp, Fuel Capacity 1,880 gal., Electro Dynamic Co, electric motors, 150 hp, Battery Cells 60, single propeller.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
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.
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. Photo added 11/09/08.
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.
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.
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.
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. April 14, 1914.	NARA (National Archives and Record Administration) photo # 19-N-502, courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
23k	C-2 (SS-13) possibly engaging in torpedo recovery exercises, date and location unknown.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.

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