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USS Moccasin

1901 Plunger-class submarine
Thing coastal_submarine Q6142816

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
coastal submarine
Owned by
United States Navy[2]
Part of
United States Navy Plunger-class fleet, United States Navy Plunger-class fleet[6][7]
Short name
A-4, Moccasin
Commanded by
Frank L. Pinney
Country of origin
United States[8]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
January 16, 1922[13]
Location of creation
Elizabeth[23]
Manufacturer
Crescent Shipyard[4]
Name
USS Moccasin
Official name
USS Moccasin, USS A-4
Operator
United States Navy[3]
Pennant number
Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5, SS-5[21][22]
Service entry
January 17, 1903, February 10, 1910[14][15]
Service retirement
June 15, 1904, December 12, 1919[16][17]
Shipping port
Naval Station Newport, Naval Station Norfolk, Naval Base Subic Bay, Pascual Ledesma Naval Station[9][10][11][12]
Significant event
ship launching, ship decommissioning, keel laying[18][19][20]
Vessel class
Plunger-class submarine[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en USS Moccasin en USS Moccasin (SS-5) en A-4 (SS-5) en A4 (SS-5) en A-4 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5) en A4 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5) en Moccasin (SS-5) en SS-5 A-4 en SS5 A-4 en SS-5 Moccasin en SS5 Moccasin en Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5 en USS A-4 (SS-5) en USS A-4 (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5) cs SS-5 cs USS A-4 fa یواس‌اس موکاسین ja モカシン ko USS 모카신 zh 噬魚腹蛇號潛艇
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
USS Moccasin (SS-5).jpg ↗
Dreadnought Project page
U.S.S._Moccasin_(1901)
Freebase ID
/m/038b27
Topic's main category
Category:USS Moccasin (Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 5) (submarine, 1903)

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🔗 Connections
Shipping port 4
Naval Station Norfolk, Naval Base Subic Bay, Naval Station Newport, Pascual Ledesma Naval Station
Significant event 2
ship launching, keel laying
Belongs to 1
Plunger-class submarine
Country of origin 1
United States
Instance of 1
coastal submarine
Location of creation 1
Elizabeth
Operator 1
United States Navy
Owned by 1
United States Navy
Vessel class 1
Plunger-class submarine
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Summary

USS Moccasin is a coastal submarine[1].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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    Commanded by → Frank L. Pinney
    Instance of → coastal submarine
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