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Photo # NH 63093:  USS B-2 off the Cavite Navy Yard, circa 1913-1917

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USS Cuttlefish (Submarine # 11, later SS-11), 1907-1922. Renamed B-2 in 1911

USS Cuttlefish, a 145-ton Viper class submarine built at Quincy, Massachusetts, was commissioned in October 1907. For the next three years she was employed on test and training duties along the U.S. East Coast. In May 1911 Cuttlefish joined the Reserve Torpedo Group, based at Charleston, South Carolina. She was renamed B-2 in November of that year. In November 1912 the submarine was loaded on board the collier Ajax for transportation to the Philippines. She arrived in Manila Bay in late April and, following reconditioning, was commissioned for Asiatic Fleet service in early August 1913. B-2 remained in the Philippines for the rest of her career and was decommissioned in December 1919. In July 1920 she was given the hull number SS-11 and two months later was assigned to target duty. USS B-2 was stricken from the Navy list in January 1922.

This page features all the views we have related to USS Cuttlefish, which was renamed B-2 in 1911.

For other images related to this submarine, see:

  • USS Ajax (1898-1925) -- Transports Submarines B-2 and B-3 to the Philippines, 1912-1913.


    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 55541

    USS Cuttlefish
    (Submarine # 11)

    Underway, circa 1907.

    Photographed by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55540

    USS Cuttlefish
    (Submarine # 11)

    Off Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1907.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 560 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 55539-A

    USS Cuttlefish
    (Submarine # 11)

    In port, probably at the New York Navy Yard, circa 1908.
    Photographed by Enrique Muller.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 37

    USS Cuttlefish
    (Submarine # 11)

    In port, circa 1907-1911.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 36

    USS Cuttlefish
    (Submarine # 11)

    In port with crew members on deck, circa 1907-1911.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 29

    USS Cuttlefish
    (Submarine # 11),
    USS Tarantula (Submarine # 12), and
    USS Viper (Submarine # 10)

    In port, circa 1909.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 76492

    USS Cuttlefish
    (Submarine # 11)

    Participating in a naval review in New York Harbor, circa 1910.

    Donation of Edward A. Mayer, 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63093

    USS B-2
    (Submarine # 11, ex-Cuttlefish)

    Off the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands, with an awning rigged and crew members on deck, circa 1913-1917.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 85719

    USS B-2
    (Submarine # 11, ex-Cuttlefish), at right,
    and
    USS General Alava (1900-1929)

    In Philippine waters, prior to World War I.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1977

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 460 pixels

    Note:
    Inscription on the original print, identifying the ship at left as USS Pampanga, is incorrect.

     
    Photo #: NH 88580

    Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands


    View on the waterfront, with a rather rough sea running, circa 1914-1916.
    USS B-2 (Submarine # 11) is alongside the pier in right center.

    Collection of C.A. Shively, 1978.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 440 pixels

     

    For other images related to this submarine, see:

  • USS Ajax (1898-1925) -- Transports Submarines B-2 and B-3 to the Philippines, 1912-1913.


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


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