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Photo # NH 43799:  USS G-4 fitting out at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2 October 1912

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USS G-4 (Submarine # 26), 1914-1920.
Originally named Thrasher

USS G-4, a 360-ton Laurenti-type submarine, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was originally named Thrasher, but was renamed G-4 in November 1911, many months before she was launched. The submarine was commissioned in January 1914 and saw all of her active service in the Long Island Sound area, taking part in tests and training activities while based at Groton, Connecticut. USS G-4 was decommissioned in September 1919 and sold for scrapping in April 1920.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS G-4 (Submarine # 26).


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Photo #: NH 42199

USS G-4 (SS-26)


Photographed prior to World War I, circa 1914-1917.

Courtesy of Arrigio Barilli, from the Oscar Parkes Collection.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 35KB; 740 x 230 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 79487

USS G-4 (SS-26)


Halftone reproduction of a photograph of the submarine underway prior to World War I, circa 1914-1917.

Copied from the book United States Navy Illustrated, published in New York, 1917.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 465 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 104993

USS G-4
(Submarine # 26)

Alongside a pier at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, circa late 1918 or early 1919.

Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 490 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 98036

USS G-4 (SS-26)


Ship's officers and crew posed on deck, 1917. She was then operating out of the U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London, at Groton, Connecticut.
The two officers (4th & 5th from left, front row) are Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Paul F. Foster (Commanding Officer) and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) William F. Callaway (Executive Officer).

Collection of Vice Admiral Paul F. Foster.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 128KB; 740 x 555 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 98037

USS G-4 (SS-26)


Ship's officers standing beside their submarine, at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London, Groton, Connecticut, in 1917.
They are Lieutenant (Junior Grade) William F. Callaway (Executive Officer), at left, and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Paul F. Foster (Commanding Officer).
Note their leather coats and cold weather helmets.
G-4's periscopes are behind the men.

Collection of Vice Admiral Paul F. Foster.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 85KB; 490 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 80585

USS G-2 (SS-27)


Tied up alongside a dock, presumably at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, circa 1918.
USS G-4 (SS-26) is inboard of G-2.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Lieutenant O.E. Wightman.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 80743

Submarines frozen in eighteen inches of ice


At the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, about February 1918. The "boats" are (from left to right):
USS G-4 (SS-26);
USS G-2 (SS-27); and
USS L-8 (SS-48).

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Lieutenant O.E. Wightman.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 455 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103252

USS G-4
(Submarine # 26)

Launching, at the William Cramp & Sons shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 August 1912.
Fine screen halftone reproduction.

Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 575 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 73380

USS G-4 (SS-26)


Launching, at the William Cramp & Sons shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 August 1912.

Collection of William H.F. Michel, donated by Sam Psoras, 1981.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 410 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 43799

USS G-4 (SS-26)


Fitting out at the William Cramp & Sons shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 2 October 1912.
Note the shipyard crane barge in the background.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 615 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 73381

USS G-4 (SS-26)


Workmen on board the submarine, 30 October 1912, while she was fitting out at the William Cramp & Sons shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The man standing 3rd from left, in the second row, is William H.F. Michel.

Collection of William H.F. Michel, donated by Sam Psoras, 1981.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 101KB; 635 x 675 pixels

 


USS G-4 is seen in the background of the following photograph of another submarine:

Photo #: NH 99157

USS D-3
(Submarine # 19, ex-Salmon)

Alongside a dock with other submarines on an icy day, circa 1918. Location is probably the Submarine Base at Groton, Connecticut. D-3 appears to be wearing pattern camouflage.
Other submarines present are (moving outward from D-3):
USS D-1 (Submarine # 17);
USS G-4 (Submarine # 26); and
USS G-3 (Submarine # 31).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 555 pixels

 


The following photograph may have been taken on board USS G-4:

Photo #: NH 49406

Ensign Paul F. Foster, USN


Photographed on board a submarine (possibly USS G-4), circa 1914-1915.
Foster was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Vera Cruz, Mexico, on 21-22 April 1914.

Collection of Vice Admiral Paul F. Foster, USNR, donated by his estate in 1976.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 39KB; 490 X 765 pixels

 


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Page made 28 August 2002
New image added 13 September 2007