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 | 75k | The Bonita (SS-15) sliding down the launching ways at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 17 June 1909. | USN / USNI photo. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | 154k | Bonita (SS-15) underway, circa 1909. The presence of several civilians on board indicates that the photograph was taken during builder's trials. | Text courtesy of USNHC photo # NH 79743. US Navy photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. |
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 | 126k | From left to right: Snapper (SS-16); Narwhal (SS-17); Tarpon (SS-14); and Bonita (SS-15); Fitting out at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, during the summer or fall of 1909. | Photograph # NH 99004 courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | 121k | From left to right: Bonita(SS-15); Tarpon (SS-14); Narwhal (SS-17); and Snapper (SS-16); 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. | Photograph # NH 99005 courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | 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, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | 2.76k | Tender Severn, Snapper (SS-16), Tarpon (SS-14), Bonita (SS-15), Salmon (SS-19), Stingray (SS-13) in Dry Dock # 2, Navy Yard Norfolk VA., February 24, 1911. Time to prepare dock 8 hours: Dock commenced to flood 8:30 AM. Yard workmen taking off manhole plate 12:30 PM. Between 1 November 1910 and 12 January 1911, South Carolina (BB-26) voyaged to Europe and back with the 2d Battleship Division. This visit took her to Cherbourg, France, and Portland, England. Upon her return to Norfolk, she entered the navy yard for repairs, and then conducted tactics training and maneuvers off the New England coast. The South Carolina is the battleship in the background. | Partial text courtesy of DANFS. US National Archives photo from National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert. |
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 | 2.47k | Tender Severn, Snapper (SS-16), Tarpon (SS-14), Bonita (SS-15), Salmon (SS-19), & Stingray (SS-13) in Dry Dock # 2, Navy Yard Norfolk VA., February 24, 1911. Time to prepare dock 8 hours: Dock commenced to flood 8:30 AM. Yard workmen taking off manhole plate 12:30 PM. both times. Note the # 32 on the sail of the Salmon. | US National Archives photo from National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.  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. |  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. |  45k | C-4 (SS-15) underway during the Naval Review in New York City, 4 October 1912. Note the battleship, possibly the Kearsarge (BB-05), in the background. | US Navy photo from NARA (National Archives and Record Administration)# 19-N-13646, courtesy of Daniel Dunham. |
 94k | C-4 (SS-15) ex-Bonita
underway in harbor, circa 1912-1914.
| Photograph # NH 92096, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. |
 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 (SS-17-19); C-5 (SS-16); and C-2 (SS-13). Photograph # NH 85090, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. |
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UNCLE SAM'S SUBMARINES TO PROTECT PACIFIC END OF THE PANAMA CANAL. | Washington, December 3. A submarine flotilla, consisting of the vessels C-1 (SS-09), C-2 (SS-13), C-3 (SS-14), C-4 (SS-15), and C-5 (SS-16) has been sent to Colon, to wait until a passage through the Panama canal is opened. Then the submarines will go through to the Pacific entrance of the canal and be permanently station there to guard it. The Atlantic entrance of the canal will be protected from the naval station at Guantanamo, Cuba. Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. | Photo from Bismarck Daily Tribune. (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 04 December 1913, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  375k |
SUBMARINES AT COLON FOR DEFENSE OF CANAL | Four of the five submarines which, accompanied by a collier and the monitor Montauk, made the record breaking voyage from Guantanamo, Cuba, to Colon, Panama, where they are now anchored at the new concrete docks,waiting to pass through the canal. They will be used in the defense of the Pacific entrance to the canal. This is the first time that submarines have made such a long sea voyage. Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. | Photo from The Cape County Herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1911-1914, 09 January 1914, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  940k |
Operation of Gatun Locks. Class C submarines and Ladder Dredge Corolzal dry docked in the upper east chamber. Looking North. 6 April 1914. | The boat on the right is numbered 12; the first two boats on the left are numbered 13 & 15.Unfortunately they cannot be identified as said numbered boats with 100% certainty , because #12 was the Tarantula / B-3 (SS-12), and this boat was operating in the Philippines where she served with Submarine Division 4, Torpedo Flotilla, Asiatic Fleet until 25 July 1921. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. | Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World Photo i.d. courtesy of Chuck Haberlein, Ric Hedman & Dave Johnston (USNR).  549k |
C boats in Canal, 6 April 1914. | Photo from NARA (National Archives and Record Administration), RG 185-G Vol. 21 Pict # 0071 courtesy of Ron Reeves. | Photo added 08/11/13.  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.  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.  92k | C-Class (SS-09-13/16) 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. |
 84k | C-4 (SS-15) maneuvering off Balboa Docks, Panama sometime during the World War One period. Note the Panama Canal Commission crane barge in background.
| US Navy photo courtesy of Dave Wright. |
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SUBMARINE IS U. S. HOPE IN WAR, SAY SENATORS, DEMANDING MILLIONS FOR UNDER SEA FLEET; WOULD SAVE COAST CITIES | Submarines defending the Panama canal (top) and one of Uncle Sam's latest submarines which was under water 36 hours. Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. | Photo from Bismarck Daily Tribune. (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 27 February 1915, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  824k |
Five United States submersibles in the Gatun lock on the Atlantic side of the canal. This photo is of a series that appears in the newspaper article below. | Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World | Photo i.d. courtesy of Chuck Haberlein, Ric Hedman & Dave Johnston (USNR).  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.  1.10k |
Operation of the Gatun Locks. (Severn) (tender to the submarines) leaving lower lock under tow of electric locomotives. 15 April 1914. | Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World
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Operation of the Gatun Locks. Class C submarines (Severn) (tender) in upper east chamber. (Severn) being towed by locomotives, submarines under own power. 15 April 1914. | Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World
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Coco Solo Submarine Base. The Old Breakwater dock showing moorings. 6 September 1917. | The C-4 (SS-15) is moored on the left. Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World
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Coco Solo Submarine Base Oil Store House, 11 December 1917. The submarines C-2 (SS-13), C-3 (SS-14), C-4 (SS-15); and C-5 (SS-16) appear in the upper left. | Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World |
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C-3 (SS-14) & C-4 (SS-15) in Panama Canal 1918. | Photo from NARA (National Archives and Record Administration), RG 185-G # 18 courtesy of Ron Reeves. | Photo added 08/11/13. 441k |
C-3 (SS-14) & C-4 (SS-15) in Panama Canal 1918. | Photo from NARA (National Archives and Record Administration), RG 185-G # 18 courtesy of Ron Reeves. | Photo added 08/11/13. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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