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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.
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BB-49 483k Our New Battleships & T-Boats Lead World's Navies
Vessels of the North Carolina Class When Completed Will Put United States in Advance of Any Nation When Major Fighting Craft Are Considered---Fleet Submarines Under Construction Completely Overshadow Famous Deutschland in Size and Speed Besides Possessing Latest Marvels in Mechanical Equipment.		 Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library.
Photo from The Ogden Standard-Examiner. (Ogden, Utah) 1920-current, 04 February 1921, LAST EDITION, Image 11, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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T-1 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.
T-1 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.
(T-3) 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.
(K-2, T1 & 3) 144k 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.
(T-3) 55k T-3 (SS-61) on sea trials, circa December 1920. Photo provided by Rick Larson MMCM(SS) (ret.) courtesy of Ric Hedman.
(T3) 220k Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore D. Robinson and his family inspect the submarine T-3 (SS-61) on 23 December 1925. Photo # npcc 27370, LC-F81-38812 courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
(T3) 208k Wilbur and House Naval Affairs inspect sub T-3 (SS-61) at Navy Yard, 30 December 1925. Photo # npcc 27391v, LC-F81-38874 courtesy of the Library of Congress via Bill Gonyo.
(K-2, T1 & 3) 169k T-3 (SS-61) parked pierside with a steamer and a tug in the background in this undated photo. US Navy photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
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