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Turbot / G-3 (SS-31)

G-3 Class Submarine: Laid down, as Turbot, 30 March 1911, at Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, CT.; Renamed G-3, 17 November 1911; Launched, 27 December 1913, at New York Navy Yard, New York, NY; Commissioned USS G-3, 22 March 1915; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 5 May 1921, at Sub Base New London, CT.; Final Disposition, towed to Philadelphia Navy Yard, 17 August 1921, and sold for scrapping, 19 April 1922, to J. G. Hitner, Philadelphia, PA.

Specifications: Displacement, surfaced 393 t., submerged 460 t.; Length 161'; Beam 13' 1"; Draft 12' 10"; Speed, surfaced 14 kts, submerged 9.5 kts; Depth Limit 200'; Complement 2 Officers 23 Enlisted; Armament, six 18" torpedo tubes, 10 torpedoes; Propulsion, diesel-electric, Busch Sulzer Brothers Diesel Engine Co., diesel engines, 1,200 hp, Fuel Capacity 13,500 gals., Diehl Manufacture Co. electric motors, 600 hp, Battery Cells 120, single propeller.
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G-3111kTurbot (SS-31) under construction at the Lake Torpedo Boat Company shipyard, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 28 September 1911. Turbot was renamed G-3 in November 1911, prior to launching.
US Navy photo # NH 42197 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
G-399k Color-tinted postal card, published by Danziger and Berman, New Haven, Connecticut. It depicts the G-3 (SS-31) launching, at the Lake Torpedo Boat Company shipyard, Bridgeport, Connecticut, on 27 December 1913.
US Navy photo # NH 101248-KN from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN (Retired), 1983
G-389kBow view of the G-3 (SS-31) looking aft, at the Lake Torpedo Boat Company shipyard, Bridgeport, Connecticut, on 5 December 1915.
US Navy photo courtesy of Ric Hedman, USN (Retired).
G-3109kG-3 (SS-31) starboard side looking aft, at the Lake Torpedo Boat Company shipyard, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 9 December 1915.
U.S. Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
G-358kG-3 (SS-31) hauled out at the Lake Torpedo Boat Company shipyard, Bridgeport, Connecticut, circa December 1915.
US Navy photo # NH 42196 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1980.
N-7 60k G-3 (SS-31), left and N-7 (SS-59) at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, circa late 1918. Note the hinged flap covering the muzzle of G-3's port after torpedo tube (right foreground). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 104986. Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007. Photo added 10/03/07.
G-393kSubmarines grew quickly before WW I. Lake's big G-3 (SS-31) is shown alongside E.B.'s much smaller D-1 (SS-17), photographed on 4 May 1920, at the Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut. Both show the standard wartime modifications, a permanent metal ("chariot") bridge. G-3 also shows a radio mast aft, a torpedo loading crane forward, and the shutter of one of her above-water bow tubes (the other tube on this side was below the surface).
Collection of Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. US Navy photo # NH 92608 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
G-345k Lake's G-3 (SS-31) had to be blistered, as shown, before she was accepted. Note her two amidship planes, in addition to conventional fore & aft planes. The big openings in the sides of the hull are flooding ports.
Drawing by Jim Christley. Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
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