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Salmon / D-3 (SS-19)

D Class Submarine: Laid down, 16 April 1908, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 12 March 1910; Commissioned USS Salmon, 8 September 1910; Renamed USS D-3, 17 November 1911; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1922, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 31 July 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.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
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.
107k	Port side view of the D-3 (SS-19) underway, possibly off the New England coast, probably while running builder's trials, circa 1910.	US Navy photo from ussubvetsofwwii.org.
140k	The 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. Photo added 09/25/07.
166k	Crew of the D-3 (SS-19) recovering a torpedo.	Photo by Enrique Muller, # HD-SN-99-02141 from the WAR & CONFLICT CD series from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. Photo i.d. courtesy of David Johnston.
101k	Crew posed on deck of the D-3 (SS-19) while cruising out of Newport, Rhode Island, in October 1911. William D. Crowell, an architect from St. Louis, Missouri, was on board at the time. He gave this photograph to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in 1944, in reminiscence of the "old days".	Photograph # NH 58514, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.
99k	Crew posed on deck of the D-3 (SS-19) while cruising out of Newport, Rhode Island, in October 1911. William D. Crowell, an architect from St. Louis, Missouri, was on board at the time. He gave this photograph to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in 1944, in reminiscence of the "old days".	Photograph # NH 58515, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center, Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.
108k	Crew posed on deck of the D-3 (SS-19) while cruising out of Newport, Rhode Island, in October 1911. William D. Crowell, an architect from St. Louis, Missouri, was on board at the time. He gave this photograph to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in 1944, in reminiscence of the "old days".	Photograph # NH 58516, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.
101k	William D. Crowell, an architect from St. Louis, Missouri, standing on deck, while D-3 (SS-19) was cruising out of Newport, Rhode Island, in October 1911. Mr. Crowell gave this photograph to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz in 1944, in reminiscence of the "old days". Nimitz, who commanded the submarine's "mother ship" at the time, had invited him on the cruise.	Photograph # NH 58517, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.
58k	D-3 (SS-19) underway, starboard side view, at the Naval Review at New York City, October 4, 1912. Kearsarge (BB-5) is in the background. Note the "E" award displayed on D-3's (SS-19) conning tower.	Text courtesy of USNHC. US Navy photo from NARA # 19-N-14523, courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
24k	D-3 (SS-19) underway, starboard side view, possibly at the Naval Review at New York City, October 4, 1912.	US Navy photo from ussubvetsofwwii.org.
61k	D-3 (SS-19) underway submerged, with periscope trained on the camera, prior to World War I. Photographed by N. Moser, New York, and Enrique Muller, Jr.	Photograph # NH 102650, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center. Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd.
101k	D-3 (SS-19) underway, prior to World War I.Photograph by Enrique Muller, printed in the book "Our Navy in the War", by Lawrence Perry, 1922.	Photograph # NH 82569, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
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.
52k	Halftone reproduction of a photograph by N. Moser and Enrique Muller, Jr., showing the D-3 (SS-19) underway submerged, circa 1916, with her periscope trained on the camera. It is printed on an advertising blotter. Note the submarine "fish" flag.	Photograph # NH 77469, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center dontated by Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), 1973.
37k	D-3 (SS-19), the last of her class, introduced some features planned for the following E & F classes. Unlike the first two *D-boats* , she had only two bulkheads, one at the after end of the torpedo room and one at the forem end of the engine room. Pushing out the bulkheads left much more space in the control room (and thus simplified periscope arrangement), but it also made the compartments so large that the boat was unlikely to survive if any one of them was flooded. This decision, to arrange bulkheads for more efficent operation might explain why several U.S. subs were lost to collision during the 1920s. Quite aside from simplifying internal arrangement, placing the two periscopes very close to each other made it possible to brace both against vibration, a very serious problem in the *Octopus* class. The telescoping radio mast is visible at the other end of the conning tower fairwater. As in earlier E.B. designs, control rods for the planes and rudders were carried overhead, along the inside of the pressure hull. That is why the ship's wheel had to be suspended from the overhead, as is clear here, so it could connect to the appropriate rod.	Drawing by Jim Christley. Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
77k	The eyepiece of D-3's (SS-19) hull periscope is shown. The nearby handwheel was geared to turn the barrel of the periscope against the strong resisting forces of the sea and of the packing that kept the barrel's penetration through the hull watertight. Above the handwheel the ring gear attached to the periscope barrel is clearly visible. Note also the plane wheel visible at lowwer right is connected by belt to the rod in the overhead that actually control the plane, as in earlier E.B. submarines.	Photo courtesy of Submarine Force Museum & Library. Text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
91k	D-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.