USS D-1

USS D-1
History
United States
Name	USS Narwhal
Builder	Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	16 April 1908
Launched	8 April 1909
Sponsored by	Mrs. Gregory C. Davison
Commissioned	23 November 1909
Decommissioned	8 February 1922
Renamed	USS D-1, 17 November 1911
Fate	Sold for scrap, 5 June 1922
General characteristics
Class and type	D-class submarine
Displacement	288 long tons (293 t)
Length	134 ft 10 in (41.10 m)
Beam	13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
Draft	11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) on the surface
Complement	15 officers and men
Armament	4 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

USS D-1 (SS-17) was the lead ship of the D-class submarines of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut, as Narwhal, making her the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the narwhal, a gray and white arctic whale which averages 20 feet in length, the male of which has a long, twisted ivory tusk of commercial value. Narwhal was launched on 8 April 1909 sponsored by Mrs. Gregory C. Davison, and commissioned on 23 November 1909.