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Photo # NH 85090:  USS C-2 (ex-Stingray) with other submarines alongside USS Severn, circa 1913

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USS Stingray (Submarine # 13), 1909-1920.
Renamed C-2 in 1911

USS Stingray, a 238-ton Octopus ("C") class submarine built at Quincy, Massachusetts, was commissioned in November 1909. Renamed C-2 in November 1911, she served along the U.S. Atlantic coast until May 1913, then spent six months operating out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In December 1913 the submarine was transferred to the Panama Canal Zone. Except for patrol service off Florida in 1918, C-2 spent the remainder of her career in the vicinity of the Canal Zone. She was laid up there in August 1919, decommissioned in December of that year, and sold in April 1920

This page features all the views we have related to USS Stingray (Submarine # 13), which was renamed C-2 in 1911.


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Photo #: NH 53776

U.S. Navy submarines in port, circa 1909


Possibly photographed at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, these submarines are (from left to right): Tarpon (Submarine # 14); either Narwhal (Submarine # 17) or Salmon (Submarine # 19); Snapper (Submarine # 16); Stingray (Submarine # 13); Bonita (Submarine # 15); and Grayling (Submarine # 18).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 92953

Atlantic Fleet Submarines


At Baltimore, Maryland, on 30 October 1910.
These submarines are (from left to right): Stingray (Submarine # 13); Tarpon (Submarine # 14); and Snapper (Submarine # 16).
Note their 13-star "boat" flags.

Donation of Ted Stone, 1981.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 85090

First Division, Atlantic Submarine Flotilla


With their crews posed on deck, while moored alongside their tender, USS Severn, circa 1913.
These submarines are (from left to right): C-4 (Submarine # 15); unidentified submarine, possibly "D" class; C-5 (Submarine # 16); and C-2 (Submarine # 13).

Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 450 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 85276

C-Class submarines in the Gatun Locks, Panama Canal, circa 1914


Photograph printed on a color-tinted postal card, prior to World War I.
The submarine present include (in no particular order): USS C-1 (submarine # 9); USS C-2 (submarine # 13); USS C-3 (submarine # 14); USS C-4 (submarine # 15); and USS C-5 (submarine # 163).
Security concerns about this photograph may have prompted the official correspondence reproduced in Photo # NH 85276 (extended caption).

Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), 1975

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 100941

"C"-class Submarines


Alongside USS Charleston (Cruiser # 22) in Panama Canal Zone waters, circa 1916-1917.
These submarines are (from left to right): C-5 (Submarine # 16); C-2 (Submarine # 13); and C-3 (Submarine # 14).
Photographed by Pickard & Zell.
Note the small rowboat, and Sailors washing clothing on the float between the cruiser and the submarines.

Courtesy of Carter Rila, 1986.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 465 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99000

Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts


Contemporary newspaper clipping concerning the launching of the submarines Stingray (Submarine # 13), Tarpon (Submarine # 14) and Narwhal (Submarine # 17) at the Fore River Shipyard on 8 April 1909. The piece also identifies the "boat"'s sponsors, Miss Elizabeth Stevens (Stingray), Miss Katherine E. Theiss (Tarpon) and Mrs. G.C. Davison (Narwhal).

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 80KB; 245 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99001

USS Stingray
(Submarine # 13)

The "boat"'s Sponsor, Miss Elizabeth Stevens (center, holding flowers), with Miss Amanda Bayden, standing near Stingray's bow shortly before the christening, at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, on 8 April 1909. At left is Miss Katherine E. Theiss, who christened USS Tarpon (Submarine # 14) on the same day.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 535 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99002

USS Stingray
(Submarine # 13)

Sponsor, Miss Elizabeth Stevens, with the Sponsor's bouquet and christening bottle, standing near Stingray's bow during launching ceremonies at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 8 April 1909.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 545 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99003

USS Stingray
(Submarine # 13)

Sponsor, Miss Elizabeth Stevens, holding the Sponsor's bouquet, standing near Stingray's bow during launching ceremonies at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 8 April 1909.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 540 pixels

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS C-2 (Submarine # 13), ex-Stingray. The following list features this image:

The image listed below is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."



  • Photo #: 80-G-1006337
    USS C-2 (Submarine # 13) at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, on 30 November 1918, showing damage caused by a collision. Port bow view, taken at pierside, with the extreme bow cropped out of the left side of the image. C-2's periscopes are bent over (nearly horizontally) to port.

    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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


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    New images added 17 December 2003