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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Tarpon / C-3 (SS-14)

C Class Submarine: Laid down, 17 March 1908, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 8 April 1909; Commissioned USS Tarpon, 23 November 1909; Renamed USS C-3, 17 November 1911; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 23 December 1919, at Coco Solo, C.Z.; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 12 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
36k	Commemorative postal cover issued on the occassion of the Tarpon (SS-14) carrying the first mail ever by a submarine.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
81k	Contemporary newspaper clipping concerning the launching of the submarines Stingray (SS-13), Tarpon (SS-14) and Narwhal (SS-17) at the Fore River Shipyard on 8 April 1909. The piece also identifies the "boat"'s sponsors, Miss Elizabeth Stevens *(Stingray), Miss Katherine E. Theiss (Tarpon)* and Mrs. G.C. Davison *(Narwhal)*.	Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, Photograph # NH 99000.
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.	Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, Photograph # NH 99001.
126k	Snapper (SS-16); Narwhal (SS-17); Tarpon (SS-14); and Bonita (SS-15); (listed from left to right) Fitting out at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, during the summer or fall of 1909.	Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, Photograph # NH 99004.
121k	Bonita(SS-15)); Tarpon (SS-14); Narwhal (SS-17); and Snapper (SS-16); (listed from left to right) Fitting out at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, during the summer or fall of 1909. North Dakota (BB-29) is in the right background, also fitting out.	Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, Photograph # NH 99005.
66k	Port side view of the Tarpon (SS-14). Photographed by Enrique Muller, 1909. The gunboat in the right distance is either *Castine* or *Machias*.	Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, Photograph # NH 43600.
40k	C-3 (SS-14) underway, 1909.	USNI photo.
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);	Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, Photograph # NH 92953.
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.	Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, Photograph # NH 92953.
136k	The Salmon (SS-19),Grayling (SS-18), Tarpon (SS-14), Octopus (SS-09), Bonita (SS-15) with the battleship Nebraska (BB-14) in the background on 28 October 1911.	Digital ID # 2162989549_03ac37e6c6_o, LC-B2-2335-13. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. Photo added 11/09/08.
136k	Bow of the tender *Severn* and her charges: Salmon (SS-19),Grayling (SS-18), Tarpon (SS-14), Octopus (SS-09), Bonita (SS-15) with the battleship Nebraska (BB-14) in the background on 28 October 1911.	Digital ID # 2163790702_9293e5e616_o. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, from the George Grantham Bain Collection, courtesy of Tom Kermen. Photo added 11/09/08.
70k	C-3 (SS-14) underway, starboard side view, at the Naval Review at New York City, 4 October 1912.	US Navy photo from NARA (National Archives and Record Administration) # 19-N-13461, courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
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).	Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, Photograph # NH 85276.
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.	Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, Photograph # NH 100491.
184k	C-3 (SS-14) underway, with crew relaxing on deck & enjoying the ride, possibly in the Canal Zone, circa 1913.	US Navy photo from usssubvetsofwwii.org.
76k	C-3 (SS-14) underway, during the early "Teens".	Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, Photograph # NH 43600.