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Photo # NH 41915:  USS Tarantula running trials off Newport, R.I., August 1907

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USS Tarantula (Submarine # 12, later SS-12), 1907-1922. Renamed B-3 in 1911

USS Tarantula was a 145-ton Viper class submarine built at Quincy, Massachusetts. Placed in commission in December 1907, she was employed along the Atlantic Coast in experimental, training and operational roles for the following five years. She became USS B-3 in November 1911, during a general renaming of U.S. Navy submarines. In December 1912 she was placed out of commission and lifted onto the foredeck of the collier Ajax, which transported her to the Philippines by way of the Suez Canal. Arriving at Cavite Navy Yard in late April 1913. B-3 recommissioned for Asiatic Fleet duty in September 1913 and spent the rest of her career in the Philippines. Designated SS-12 in July 1920, she decommissioned a year later and was thereafter used as a target. USS B-3 was stricken from the list of Naval vessels in January 1922.

This page features all the views we have related to USS Tarantula, which was renamed B-3 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 41915

    USS Tarantula
    (Submarine # 12)

    Running preliminary acceptance trials off Newport, Rhode Island, August 1907.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: 19-N-60-9-5

    USS Tarantula
    (Submarine # 12)

    Underway near the New York Navy Yard, 1909.
    Photographed by Enrique Muller.

    Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 98926

    USS B-3
    (Submarine # 12)

    At the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands, with other submarines, circa 1913-1917.

    Collection of Phillip H. Wilson. Donated by Mrs. Pauline M. Wilson, 1979.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 67654

    USS B-3
    (Submarine # 12, ex-Tarantula)

    With her crew on deck, at the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines, 1919.

    Courtesy of Rear Admiral R.D. Workman, USN (ChC), Retired, 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     


    USS Tarantula (Submarine # 12) is seen in the background of the following views of other submarines:

    Photo #: NH 38

    USS Viper
    (Submarine # 10)

    In port, with members of her crew on deck, circa 1907-1911.
    USS Tarantula (Submarine # 12) is behind her.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 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

     

    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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