Biddle, Randle M.

Pacific Debutante: A Brief History of United States Submarine Torpedo Boat Grampus (A-3, SS-4)

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman.

This excellent article, originally written for the Nautical Research Journal by historian Randle McLean Biddle in 1981 educates the reader with a fairly detailed overview of one of our early pigboats, the USS Grampus (Submarine No. 4, later SS-4). Later renamed A-3, this submarine served the Navy well from 1903 to 1921. Randy has included some excellent line drawings and pictures, and numerous well researched facts and anecdotes about this pioneering submarine. We are happy to post it at this link. Spend some time with this great microhistory. You won't be disappointed.

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