USS Snapper, a 238-ton Octopus ("C") class submarine built at Quincy, Massachusetts, was commissioned in February 1910. Her first Commanding Officer was Ensign Chester W. Nimitz, who, more than three decades later, would command the Pacific Fleet during World War II. The new submarine operated along the Atlantic Coast during her first three years of service and was renamed C-5 when the Navy adopted alpha-numeric names for its submarines in November 1911. In May 1913 C-5 began several months of duty in Cuban waters. She shifted her base to the Panama Canal Zone in December of that year and spent the rest of her career in the Panama area. Decommissioned in December 1919, USS C-5 was sold in April 1920.
This page features all the views we have related to USS Snapper (Submarine # 16), which was renamed C-5 in 1911.
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Photo #: NH 41936 USS C-5 (Submarine # 16, originally named Snapper) Underway in New York Harbor during the October 1912 Naval review. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 590 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 58102 USS C-5 (Submarine # 16, originally named Snapper) Underway in New York Harbor during the October 1912 Naval review. The original print was autographed by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz circa the early 1960s. He had commanded this submarine early in his career. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 585 pixels |
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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. Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 535 pixels |
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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 |
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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. Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 520 pixels |
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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 |
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Photo #: NH 41937 USS Snapper (Submarine # 16) Launching, at the Fore River shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 16 June 1909. Courtesy of Howard I. Chapelle, Smithsonian Institution. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 580 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99006 USS Snapper (Submarine # 16), outboard; and USS Grayling (Submarine # 18), by the dock Fitting out at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, during the summer or fall of 1909. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99004 USS Snapper (Submarine # 16); USS Narwhal (Submarine # 17); USS Tarpon (Submarine # 14); and USS Bonita (Submarine # 15); (listed from left to right) Fitting out at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, during the summer or fall of 1909. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 125KB; 740 x 625 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99005 USS Bonita (Submarine # 15); USS Tarpon (Submarine # 14); USS Narwhal (Submarine # 17); and USS Snapper (Submarine # 16); (listed from left to right) Fitting out at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, during the summer or fall of 1909. USS North Dakota (Battleship # 29) is in the right background, also fitting out. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 630 pixels |
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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. Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 575 pixels |
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If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 27 January 2004