H-3
Construction and Trials
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Photo courtesy of the National Archives.
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The launch of the H-3 from the Moran Company building slip, July 3, 1913.
Image courtesy of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Newspaper.
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H-3 returning from Seattle to Bremerton, WA., March 1914. LT Munroe, the Commanding Officer, is on the bridge. H-3 had been refueling in Seattle and was returning to the Puget Sound Navy Yard. There is an unidentified cruiser in the background.
Photo courtesy of the National Archives.
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H-3 running trials on Bellingham Bay, north of Seattle near the Canadian border, January 1914. The bay is calm, but the boat is running at a good clip and pushing up a large bow wave.
U.S. Navy photo.
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Another view of the Bellingham Bay trials, from the port bow. H-3 had been commissioned at this point, but it appears as though there are several civilians aboard, probably Electric Boat or Moran employees observing the tests.
U.S. Navy photo.
Interior Photos
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Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman
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First Grounding and Drydocking
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The photo that is normally seen of this incident is with the tide high. We have not seen this low tide before.
Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman
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Early Operations
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Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman
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Eureka, California Grounding, December 1916/January 1917
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Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman
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Later Operations, 1917-1922
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