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Photo # NH 90188:  Loading a torpedo into USS A-2, at the Cavite Navy Yard, circa 1912

Online Library of Selected Images:
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USS A-2 (Submarine # 3), ex-Adder, 1903-1922
-- Additional Views taken in the Philippines


This page features more photographs of USS A-2 (Submarine # 3), ex-Adder, taken while she was serving in the Philippines, circa 1910-1922

For other images related to this submarine, see:

  • USS Adder (Submarine # 3), 1903-1922. Later renamed A-2.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 57731-A

    USS A-2
    (Submarine # 3), ex-USS Adder

    Submerging, while operating in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, circa 1912.

    Collection of Phillip H. Wilson.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 90185

    Dewey Drydock, Olongapo Naval Station, Philippines


    Submarines A-6 (Submarine # 7), A-4 (Submarine # 5) and A-2 (Submarine # 3) in the Dewey Drydock, circa 1912.
    The bow of their tender, USS Mohican, is at left, with an anchor suspended from her starboard cathead.

    Collection of Phillip H. Wilson.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 122KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 90181

    Dewey Drydock, Olongapo Naval Station, Philippines


    Submarines and their tender, USS Mohican, in the drydock, circa 1912.
    The submarines are (from left to right):
    USS A-2 (Submarine # 3), ex-Adder;
    USS A-4 (Submarine # 5), ex-Moccasin; and
    USS A-6 (Submarine # 7), ex-Porpoise.

    Collection of Phillip H. Wilson.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 450 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 90188

    USS A-2
    (Submarine # 3), ex-USS Adder

    Loading an 18" torpedo, while at the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines, circa 1912.
    Note this early submarine's rectangular hatch.

    Collection of Phillip H. Wilson.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     


    In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS A-2 (Submarine # 3), ex-Adder. The following list features this image:

    The image listed below is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
    DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."



  • Photo #: 80-G-499132
    USS A-2 (Submarine # 3) Hauled out of the water, circa 1913. Location is probably the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines. The photograph was released on 11 April 1949, in connection with the 46th anniversary of U.S. Navy submarines.
    Starboard stern view, with men working on and around the submarine.

    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


  • For other images related to this submarine, see:

  • USS Adder (Submarine # 3), 1903-1922. Later renamed A-2.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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