V-1 Class

Design, Construction, and Naming Notes

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V-1/Barracuda (SF-4, later SS-163)

U.S. Navy photo

Pre-launch photo of the bow of the V-1, taken on July 16, 1924 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.

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V-2/Bass (SF-5, later SS-164)

U.S. Navy photo

Bass shown underway in an unknown location, 1935-1937

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V-3/Bonita (SF-6, later SS-165)

Photo courtesy of the Milne Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, N.H.

V-3 shortly after launch at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., June 9, 1925.

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General group photos

U.S. Navy photo

V-2, V-1, & V-3 moored port side to the USS Argonne (AS-10), Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, approximately February, 1928.

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