USS PLUNGER/USS A-1 – Note 3rd CO name – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_W._Nimitz
USS PLUNGER/USS A-1
USS Plunger (SS-2) was one of the earliest submarines of the United States Navy. She was the lead boat of her class and was later renamed A-1 when she was designated an A-type submarine. She is not to be confused with the experimental submarine Plunger which was evaluated by the U.S. Navy from 1898 to 1900
Plunger was originally laid down on 21 May 1901 at Elizabethport, New…
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