Old Navy

[Brian James]

Torpedo Boat No 7,USS Dupont pictured at New York Navy Yard Dry Dock at Brooklyn c1897..* Note Protected Cruiser USS Chicago in the background undergoing modernisation.

[designeraccd]

How about really OLDE Navy? Sub V3 and CONSTITUTION, 1916! DFO

[Brian James]

How about really OLDE Navy? Sub V3 and CONSTITUTION, 1916! DFO

..This actually L Class Submarine USS L1 (SS-40) pictured berthing outboard of Heavy Frigate USS Constitution at Boston Navy Yard in 1918.L1 was laid down on April 13th 1914, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched on January 20th1915; Commissioned, USS L-1 on April 11th 1916; Designated (SS-40), July 17th 1920; Decommissioned,April 7th 1922, at Hampton Roads (Submarine Base); Struck from the Naval Register,Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 31 July 31st 1922, to Pottstown Steel Co.
Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 450 t., Submerged: 548 t..; Length 167' 5"; Beam 17' 5"; Draft 13' 7"; Speed, Surfaced 14 kts, Submerged 10.5 kts; Depth Limit 200'; Complement 2 Officers, 26 Enlisted; Armament, four 18", torpedo tubes, 8 torpedoes, one 3"/23 deck gun; Propulsion, diesel-electric, New London Ship and Engine Co. diesel engine, HP 900, Fuel Capacity, 18,977 gal., Electro Dynamic Co. electric motor, HP 680, Battery Cells 120, single propeller.

[designeraccd]

Live and learn! Teach me to quote a photo label......... DFO

[Brian James]

No worries Dennis ol' mate..to err is human..Regards Brian.

[designeraccd]

Shows my (lack of) knowledge @ subs....NO BIG GUNNZZ! DFO

PS: what did the attached sub SINK???

[ivorthediver]

Ahmmm .... well Dennis....I was once told " its not the size of the Gun ......more the Spit of the Bullet that does the Damage but alas can't remember in what context it related to

[jbryce1437]

Shows my (lack of) knowledge @ subs....NO BIG GUNNZZ! DFO

PS: what did the attached sub SINK???

Archerfish is best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano in November 1944

Jim

[designeraccd]

She sure did! DFO

[Brian James]

Screw Sloop-of War USS Lancaster pictured off Villfranche in 1899.Built at Philadelphia Naval Yard and launched in October 1858. She departed Delaware Bay on July 27th 1859 for the Pacific, with Jordan Collins at the helm. After rounding Cape Horn she reached Panama Bay on December 6th Two days later, Flag Officer John B. Montgomery hoisted his flag above Lancaster, and she served as flagship of the Pacific Squadron until 1866, cruising along the coast of South and Central America, Mexico, and California to protect American commerce and the Pacific mail steamers. On February 23rd, Rear Admiral Charles H. Bell reported an incident which typified her service during the Civil War: "Such is the present state of affairs at Acapulco, that it is believed by both native and foreign populations that the presence of a Man-of-War alone prevented an attempt to sack and destroy the town by the Indians in the interior.
On November11th 1864, a secret expedition of boats from her captured a party of Confederate officers aboard the passenger steamer Salvador, off the Bay of Panama. They had planned to seize the Salvador for the Confederate Government and convert her into a raider to capture Union gold shipments from California.In the spring of 1866, Lancaster received extensive repairs at the Mare Island Navy Yard and on June 27th sailed from San Francisco, for the east coast, via Panama Bay, Callao, Valparaíso, Barbados, and Nassau. She arrived Norfolk Navy Yard on March 8th 1867 and decommissioned on the 19th.
After the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, Lancaster recommissioned May 5th 1898, sailed on the 19th, and arrived on the 31st at Key West, Florida, where she served as Station Ship during the conflict. Departing Key West August 18th, she arrived at Portsmouth September 3rd. Assigned to duty as a Gunnery Training Ship, Lancaster departed Portsmouth January 8th 1899 and cruised along the Atlantic coast and in the West Indies. From June 3rd 1900 to March 4th 1901 she made a cruise to European waters, returning to the United States via the West Indies and La Guaira, Venezuela. She continued cruising the Atlantic training landsmen until she decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard May 1st 1902. Lancaster served as Receiving Ship at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, November 16th 1903 to March 31st 1912, and was transferred to the Treasury Department's Bureau of Public Health Service, on February 1st 1913. Her name was stricken from the Navy list on December 31st 1915.Lancaster served the U.S. Public Health Service as a Quarantine Detention Ship at Reedy Island, Delaware, Quarantine Station until 1920, then was transferred to the New York Quarantine Station for similar use. Her hull was broken in 1933.
Her majestic gold eagle figurehead is now displayed at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia.