USS D-3 (SS-19) was a D-class submarine

United States D class submarine

The D-class submarines were a class of three United States Navy submarines, built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. All three ships served during World War I providing training for crews and...

 of the United States Navy

United States Navy

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. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts

Quincy, Massachusetts

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, under a subcontract from Electric Boat

Electric boat

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 Company of Groton, Connecticut

Groton, Connecticut

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, as Salmon, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the salmon

Salmon

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. Salmon was launched

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 on 12 March 1910 sponsored by Miss R. Fitzgerald, and commissioned

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 on 8 September 1910 with Lieutenant

Lieutenant

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 D. G. Weaver in command. She was renamed D-3 on 17 November 1911.

Service history

The new submarine joined the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet at Newport, Rhode Island

Newport, Rhode Island

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. The torpedo fleet was active along the East Coast and made a cruise to the Caribbean Sea

Caribbean Sea

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 from 17 October 1912-20 January 1913 after which D-3 remained to serve with the forces operating in Mexican

Mexico

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 waters following the occupation of Veracruz

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. She rejoined the flotilla at Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia

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 on 16 June 1914 and with them visited Washington, DC, from 17-22 July, before returning to their homeport on 24 July. From 21 September 1917, D-3 served as flagship of Submarine Division 2 (SubDiv 2). She trained aspiring submariners at Newport and New London, Connecticut

New London, Connecticut

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, until placed in commission, in reserve on 5 September 1919.

She was placed in ordinary on 15 July 1921. Towed into Philadelphia Navy Yard on 20 March 1922, D-3 was decommissioned the same day and sold on 31 July.