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AA-3 / T-3 (SF-3) (SS-61)

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Bravo - Zulu

T Class Submarine: Laid down, as AA-3, 21 May 1917, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 24 May 1919; Designated AA-3 (SF-3), 17 July 1920; Renamed T-3, 22 September 1920; Commissioned USS T-3 (SF-3), 7 December 1920, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.; Decommissioned, 11 November 1922, at Sub Base Hampton Roads, VA.; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet at Norfolk, VA, later moved to Philadelphia; Recommissioned, 1 October 1925; Decommissioned, 14 July 1927, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 19 September 1930; Final Disposition, broken up and hulk sold for scrap, 20 November 1930.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,107 t., Submerged: 1,482 t.; Length 268' 9"; Beam 22' 10"; Draft 14' 2"; Speed, Surfaced 20 kts, Submerged 10.5 kts; Depth Limit 150'; Complement 4 Officers, 34 Enlisted; Armament, six 21", torpedo tubes, 16 torpedoes, two 3"/23 deck guns; Propulsion, diesel-electric, New London Ship & Engine Co, diesel engine, 4,000 hp, Fuel Capacity, 23,602 gal.; Engines changed to Maschinfabrik - Augsburg - Nurnburg (M.A.N) diesel engines; Electro Dynamic Co, electric motors, 1,350 hp, Battery Cells, 120, twin propellers.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By/ Source
106k	Ships fitting out at the Fore River shipyard, 19 March 1918. The six destroyers are Little (DD-79), Kimberly (DD-80), Sigourney (DD-81), Gregory (DD-82), Colhoun (DD-85) and Stevens (DD-86), which had builder's hull numbers 274-277 and 280-281 respectively. The freighter at right is *Katrina Luckenbach, yard hull # 267, which served as Katrina Luckenbach* in 1918-19. Most of the equipment on the pier is for her. Note the large submarine being built in the background, under the revolving crane. It is probably S-1 (SS-105) or one of the *AA-1 class: The AA-1* (SS-52), T-2 (SS-60) or T-3 (SS-61).	U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 43022. Photo added 10/03/07.
78k	Fore River Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts. Destroyers fitting out on 20 June 1918. Murray (DD-97) is in the foreground, with Stribling (DD-96) outboard. In the middle distance are Bell (DD-95), with Dyer (DD-84) inboard of her. These four destroyers had builder's hull numbers 303, 302, 301 and 279, respectively, and these numbers are painted in small numerals on the ships' bows. A submarine is on the building ways in the background, under the large crane. It is probably S-1 (SS-105) or one of the *AA-1 class: The AA-1* (SS-52), T-2 (SS-60) or T-3 (SS-61).	U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 43024. Photo added 10/03/07.
164k	The T-3 (SS-61) at the Fore River Plant of Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Quincy, Mass. There is an unidentified *S-boat* tied to one of the other two *T-boats. It might be supposed that the other T-boat* is the *T-2* since the *T-3* and *T-2* were at Fore River at the same time in 1919.	US Navy photo courtesy of usssubvetsofwwii.org. Text courtesy of Ric Hedman.
27k	Circa post 1920 photo of the K-2 (SS-33), T-1(SS-52) & T-3 (SS-61). In the foreground is another unidentified *K-boat. The T-1* has a canvas covering over her deck gun. Note differences in the construction of the *T-1* & *T-3* conning tower fairwaters.	US Navy photo, text courtesy of Ric Hedman.
55k	T-3 (SS-61) on sea trials, circa December 1920.	Photo provided by Rick Larson MMCM(SS) (ret.) courtesy of Ric Hedman.

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