G-4

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The USS G-4, date circa 1912, at the Cramp yard during her 'fitting out' period. A good top view of some of her more unusual features. The bow planes lay flat on the fore deck. They fold out and down an lock on to an axle that then rotates the planes to dive and rise positions. Hard to see at the stern, the stern planes operate like the bow planes and are partly extended. The port plane can be seen as a square shape just forward of the 'doghouse' on the stern. The starboard plane is actually seen edge on but its reflection can be seen in the water and you can seen its square shape there. In the fully extended position the both sets of planes would be flat to the water. Cramp yard slipways can be seen in the background.




The USS G-4 at sea, most likely pre-WW I, circa 1914-15. Note the Allied signal bell on the fore deck aft of the hatch and the upper rudder all the way to the right, behind the two men.
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A drawing from The Sun, March 14, 1915, of the Italian Laurenti design submarine that was used for the U.S. Submarine G-4.




Ship's officers and crew posed on deck, 1917. She was then operating out of the U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London, at Groton, Connecticut. The two officers (4th & 5th from left, front row) are Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Paul F. Foster (Commanding Officer) and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) William F. Callaway (Executive Officer).
A few of the workmen from the Cramp Ship Yard that built the USS G-4. Seen are yard officials, shop and department supervisors and the craftsmen who were putting the G-4 together. Commissioning was still 14 months away.