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Photo # NH 90186:  USS A-4 (ex-Moccasin) in Manila Bay, circa 1912

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USS Moccasin (Submarine # 5, later SS-5), 1903-1922.
Later renamed A-4

USS Moccasin, a 107-ton Holland-type submarine built at Elizabethport, New Jersey, was commissioned in January 1903. She was used for training and experimental work at Newport, Rhode Island, during 1903-1904 and was then laid up. In July-October 1909 the submarine, and her sister Adder, were transported to the Philippine Islands by the collier Caesar. Moccasin was recommissioned for Asiatic Fleet service in February 1910 and thereafter primarily operated in Manila Bay, with occasional voyages to other parts of the Philippines. Renamed A-4 in November 1911, she had patrol and convoy duties in the Manila area during World War I. USS A-4 was decommissioned in December 1919 and designated SS-5 in July 1920. Later used as a target, she was sunk in January 1922.

This page features, and provides links to, nearly all the views we have concerning USS Moccasin (Submarine # 5), which was renamed A-4 in 1911.

For other images related to this submarine, see:

  • USS Moccasin (Submarine # 5, later renamed A-4) -- Part II.


    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 45934

    USS Moccasin
    (Submarine # 5)

    Cruising off New Suffolk, Long Island, New York, circa 1903.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 54KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 45936

    USS Moccasin
    (Submarine # 5)

    Underway, circa 1903, probably off New Suffolk, Long Island, New York.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 560 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 45935

    USS Moccasin
    (Submarine # 5)

    Fitting out at the Electric Boat Company/Holland Torpedo Boat Company facility, New Suffolk, Long Island, New York, circa 1903.
    The incomplete submarine Plunger (of 1895) is in the background.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57700-A

    USS A-4
    (Submarine # 5)

    With her crew on deck in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, circa 1912.

    Collection of Phillip H. Wilson. Donated by Mrs. Pauline M. Wilson, 1979.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 505 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 90186

    USS A-4
    (Submarine # 5)

    In Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, circa 1912.
    The man holding the line is Phillip H. Wilson.

    Collection of Phillip H. Wilson. Donated by Mrs. Pauline M. Wilson, 1979.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 107060

    USS A-4
    (Submarine # 5)

    In the Philippines (probably at the Cavite Navy Yard), circa 1911-1917.
    Note the "E" award painted on her conning tower.
    The original image is printed on post card stock.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2010.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 117KB; 900 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 45933

    USS Moccasin
    (Submarine # 5)

    Launching, at the Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey, 20 August 1901.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 126KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     


    For other images related to this submarine, see:

  • USS Moccasin (Submarine # 5, later renamed A-4) -- Part II.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


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


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    Page made 19 August 2003
    New image added 26 December 2010