USS C-1

USS Octopus (SS-9)
History
United States
Name	USS Octopus
Builder	Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	3 August 1905
Launched	4 October 1906
Sponsored by	Miss F. Webster
Commissioned	30 June 1908
Decommissioned	4 August 1919
Renamed	C-1, 17 November 1911
Fate	Sold for scrap, 13 April 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class submarine
Displacement	238 long tons (242 t) surfaced 275 long tons (279 t) submerged
Length	105 ft 4 in (32.11 m)
Beam	13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
Draft	10 ft 11 in (3.33 m)
Installed power	480 bhp (360 kW) (gasoline) 230 hp (170 kW) (electric)
Propulsion	Craig gasoline engines electric motors
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range	776 nmi (1,437 km; 893 mi) at 8.13 knots (15.06 km/h; 9.36 mph) on the surface 24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Test depth	200 feet (61.0 m)
Complement	15 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × 18-inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (4 torpedoes)

USS C-1 (SS-9) was the lead ship of her class of submarines built for the United States Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.