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Photo # NH 101248-KN:  Launching of USS G-3, December 1913

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USS G-3 (Submarine # 31, later SS-31), 1915-1922.
Originally named Turbot

USS G-3, a 393-ton Lake-type submarine, was built at Bridgeport, Connecticut. Originally named Turbot, she was renamed G-3 in November 1911 and commissioned in March 1915. She was thereafter employed in experimental and training work in the vicinity of Long Island Sound, based at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut. During the First World War, G-3 also was used for anti-submarine patrols in the same area. She was decommissioned in May 1921 and sold for scrapping in April 1922.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS G-3 (Submarine # 31, later SS-31).


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Photo #: NH 42196

USS G-3
(Submarine # 31)

Hauled out of the water at the Lake Torpedo Boat Company shipyard, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 9 December 1915.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 91129

USS G-3
(Submarine # 31)

Hauled out at the Lake Torpedo Boat Company shipyard, Bridgeport, Connecticut, circa December 1915.

Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1980.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 455 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 92608

USS D-1
(Submarine # 17), left
and
USS G-3 (Submarine # 31), inboard

Photographed on 4 May 1920, possibly at the Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut.

Collection of Admiral John S. McCain, Jr.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 560 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 104986

USS G-3
(Submarine # 31), left
and
USS N-7 (Submarine # 59)

At the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, circa late 1918.
Note the hinged flap covering the muzzle of G-3's port after torpedo tube (right foreground).

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: 135KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42197

USS Turbot
(Submarine # 31)

Under construction at the Lake Torpedo Boat Company shipyard, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 28 September 1911.
Turbot was renamed G-3 in November 1911, prior to launching.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 111KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 101248-KN (color)

USS G-3 (Submarine # 31)

Color-tinted postal card, published by Danziger and Berman, New Haven, Connecticut.
It depicts the submarine's launching, at the Lake Torpedo Boat Company shipyard, Bridgeport, Connecticut, on 27 December 1913.

Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN (Retired), 1983

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 490 pixels

 


USS G-3 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

 


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Page made 6 August 2002
New image added 13 September 2007