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Grayling / D-2 (SS-18)

D Class Submarine: Laid down, 16 April 1908, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 16 June 1909; Commissioned USS Grayling, 23 November 1909; Renamed USS D-2, 17 November 1911; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 18 January 1922, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 September 1922.

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.
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SS-18360kLaunching of the D-2 (SS-18) at the Fore River shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 16 June 1909. The tug Irving Fros is coming alsongside to bring her dockside.
NARA (National Archives and Record Administration) photo # 19-N-14891, courtesy of Daniel Dunham. Text courtesy of U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 53773.
SS-1891k Port side view of the D-2 (SS-18) underway, probably during builder's trials, circa 1909. Note the striped poles near the submarine's bow and stern, possibly for evaluating trim angles while partially submerged.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, # NH 53774.
SS-18140kThe internal helm stand of a voice tube on a D-class boat (SS-17/18/19). The watertight door to the torpedo room is seen to the right of the helm wheel. The helm wheel motor is attached via gearing to the transmission shaft, which ran aft to the rudder linkage.
Directly above the helm wheel is a mirror into which the helmsan looked to obtain a view of the magnetic compass repeater above. Normal steering was by an electric switch that operated the motor.		The photo is on page 42 of "United States Submarines" by the Naval Submarine League. Photo submitted by Darryl Baker.
C-5 & D-2116k C-5 (SS-16); outboard; and
D-2 (SS-18), by the dock, fitting out at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, during the summer or fall of 1909. 		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, # NH 99006.
SS-13-1953k 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).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 53776.
SS-14 & friends136kThe 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.
SS-14 & friends136kBow 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.
SS-1863kD-2 (SS-18) underway, starboard side view, at the Naval Review at New York City, 4 October 1912.
US Navy photo from NARA # 19-N-13647, courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
D-2 & 3 & E-2 62k A number of boats homeported in Key West had squadron numbers in the "2" over some number sequence.
Identifiable boats are: (2nd from the left) D-2 (SS-18), (middle) D-3 (SS-19), (2nd from the right) E-2 (SS-25). 		Photo courtesy of The US Navy Submarine Force Museum via Ric Hedman.
D-1 - 3, E-1 & 2 100k "U.S. Submarines awaiting Orders" Halftone reproduction, printed on a postal card, of a photograph of five submarines nested together prior to World War I. The three "boats" at right are (from center to right): D-2 (SS-18); D-1 (SS-17); and D-3 (SS-19);
The two at left are probably (in no particular order) E-1 (SS-24) and E-2 (SS-25).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 78926. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN (Medical Service Corps), 1973.
SS-1860kD-2 (SS-18) photographed circa 1914, probably in the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 99160. Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.
SS-18, 19, 40, 43 & 5091kD-3 (SS-19), at left, and D-2 (SS-18) center at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 5 March 1919, with shipyard workmen on board. Note the ventilating fans on D-3's deck. A derrick barge is alongside D-2. Among the four submarines visible in the background are L-1 (SS-40), L-4 (SS-43) and L-10 (SS-50). A motorcycle is parked at the far left.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 51157.
SS-18115k Port side view of the D-2 (SS-18) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
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