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Photo # NH 77180:  USS Grampus off San Diego, California, 1910

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USS Grampus (Submarine # 4, later SS-4), 1903-1922.
Later renamed A-3

USS Grampus, a 107-ton Plunger (later A-1) class submarine, was built at San Francisco, California. She was commissioned in late May 1903 and operated in the San Francisco Bay region until November 1906, when she was laid up at the Mare Island Navy Yard. Returned to commissioned status in June 1908, Grampus served along the California coast for four years. She was renamed A-3 in November 1911. In reserve at the Puget Sound Navy Yard after June 1912, in February 1915 the submarine was placed on board the collier Hector for transportation to the Philippines. Arriving at Olongapo in late March and placed in commission in April 1915, A-3 began some six years of Asiatic Fleet duty. During the First World War she conducted patrols in the Manila Bay area. In July 1920, when the Navy formally implemented its hull number system, she was designated SS-4. USS A-3 was decommissioned at Cavite Navy Yard in July 1921, stricken from the Navy list in January 1922 and sunk as a target in Manila Bay.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS Grampus (Submarine # 4), which was renamed A-3 in 1911.


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Photo #: NH 53764

USS Grampus
(Submarine # 4)

Photographed near San Francisco, California, during her trials, November 1902.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 560 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 75174

USS Grampus
(Submarine # 4)

Running trials, near San Francisco, California, 3 November 1902.

Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1971. The original print is in the Union Iron Works scrapbook, Volume II, page 167.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 560 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 53763

USS Grampus
(Submarine # 4)

Underway in the vicinity of San Francisco, California, during her trials, November 1902.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 410 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 75175

USS Grampus
(Submarine # 4)

Underway while running trials, near San Francisco, California, 3 November 1902.

Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, 1971. The original print is in the Union Iron Works scrapbook, Volume II, page 167.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 575 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 77180

USS Grampus
(Submarine # 4)

Off San Diego, California, in 1910.
Note the towing bridle rigged to her bow.

Courtesy Donald M. McPherson, 1973.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 500 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 53765

USS Grampus
(Submarine # 4)
and
USS Pike (Submarine # 6)

In the hydraulic lift drydock at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, circa 1903.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 510 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65644

USS Grampus
(Submarine # 4)

In drydock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 23 September 1906.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65648

USS Pike
(Submarine # 6), at left
and
USS Grampus (Submarine # 4), at right

In drydock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 23 September 1906.
The Army Transport Lawton, freshly painted, is in the center.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 164KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 70600

USS Pike
(Submarine # 6), at left
and
USS Grampus (Submarine # 4), at right

In drydock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California. Photograph is dated 19 October 1903.
The Army Transport Lawton is being painted in the right background.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 142KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 98616

Mare Island Navy Yard, California


The Navy Yard Fire Department fights a gasoline fire apparently involving the submarines Grampus (Submarine # 4) and Pike (Submarine # 6), 1909-1910.
One of the submarines can be seen just offshore, in the left center.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 530 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 104702-KN (color)

USS Grampus (Submarine # 4)

Largely submerged during a torpedo firing exercise off San Diego, California, 21 July 1910. The U.S. Navy tug Fortune (1871-1922) is in the background.
The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock by Lee Passmore, Post Card Artist, 25th & M Sts., San Diego.
See Photo # NH 102702-A-KN for the reverse of this postcard, containing a contemporary description concerning these ships.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 495 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102451

USS Hector
(Collier # 7)

Off the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands, circa March 1915, with submarines A-3, A-5 and B-1 on deck, after transporting them out from the United States.
B-1 is on Hector's starboard side. The two "A" boats are in the center and port side cradles.

Donation of Ted Stone.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 440 pixels

 


The following photograph probably shows Grampus, or her sister, USS Pike (Submarine # 6):

Photo #: NH 100915

Mare Island Navy Yard, California


An early U.S. Navy submarine (probably Grampus or Pike) underway off the yard, circa early 1905.
Gunboats Petrel and Princeton are in the center background. At left are the decommissioned gunboats Annapolis and Vicksburg.

Courtesy of Ted Stone, 1986.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 530 pixels

 


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Page made 21 July 2003
New images added 14 April 2007