 USS G-3 during construction in the Lake Torpedo Boat Company shipyard
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS G-3 |
| Builder | Lake Torpedo Boat, Bridgeport, Connecticut |
| Laid down | 30 March 1911, as USS Turbot |
| Launched | 27 December 1913 |
| Commissioned | 22 March 1915 |
| Decommissioned | 5 May 1921 |
| Renamed | USS G-3, 17 November 1911 |
| Stricken | 19 April 1922 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 19 April 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | G-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 157 ft 6 in (48.01 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 11 in (3.33 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric. 2xSulzer 6U32 engines, 1x120 cell lead-acid battery, 2xElectro-Dynamic electric motors.[1] |
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| Complement | 24 officers and men |
| Armament | 6 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, (2 internal in the bow, 2 external in bow, 2 external stern, 10 torpedoes[1] |
USS G-3 (SS-31) was a G-class submarine of the United States Navy. While the four G-boats were nominally all of a class, they differed enough in significant details that they are sometimes considered to be four unique boats, each in a class by herself. G-3 was named Turbot when her keel was laid down on 30 March 1911 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the turbot, a large, brown and white flatfish, valued as a food. She was renamed G-3 on 17 November 1911, transferred to the New York Navy Yard for completion on 17 November 1913 following the cancellation of the Lake contract, launched on 27 December 1913, and commissioned on 22 March 1915. Unlike the other three boats of the G-class, G-3 had diesel engines.