USS Stingray/C-2 (SS-13), also known as "Submarine Torpedo Boat No. 13", was one of five C-class submarines built for the United States Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
The C-class submarines were enlarged versions of the preceding B class; they were the first American submarines with two propeller shafts. They had a length of 105ft 3in (32.08m)overall, a beam of 13ft 10in (4.22m) and a mean draft of 10ft 10in (3.30m). They displaced238 long tons (242t) on the surface and 275 long tons (279t) submerged. They had a diving depth of 200ft (61.0m). The C-class boats had a crew of 1 officer and 14 enlisted men.[3]
For surface running, they were powered by two 240-brake-horsepower (179kW)Craiggasoline engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a 115-horsepower (86kW)electric motor. They could reach 11kn (20km/h; 13mph) on the surface and 9kn (17km/h; 10mph) underwater. On the surface, the boats had a range of 776nmi (1,437km; 893mi) at 8.13kn (15.06km/h; 9.36mph) and 24nmi (44km; 28mi) at 8kn (15km/h; 9.2mph) submerged.[3]
The boats were armed with two 18-inch (450 mm)torpedo tubes in the bow. They carried two reloads, for a total of four torpedoes.[4]
Construction and career
Sponsor Miss Elizabeth Stevens, holding the Sponsor's Bouquet, standing near Stingray's bow, ready to christen her during the launching ceremonies at the Fore River Shipyard, at Quincy, Massachusetts, on 8 April 1909
She was renamed C-2, on 17 November 1911. C-2 was assigned to the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet, and later the Atlantic Submarine Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet, and cruised along the East Coast until 20 May 1913, when she cleared Norfolk, Virginia, for six months of operations from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In December, she reported at Cristóbal, Colón, Panama, and began an operating schedule of torpedo practice, exploration of anchorages, and harbor defense duty at ports of the Panama Canal Zone. During the latter part of World War I, C-2 patrolled the Florida coast.[5]
Fate
The submarine was placed in ordinary at Coco Solo, Canal Zone on 22 August 1919, and was decommissioned on 23 December 1919. She was sold for scrap on 13 April 1920.[5]
Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN0-85177-245-5.
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