Engineering:Argonaut (submarine)
 Longitudinal section of Argonaut
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Simon Lake, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Preceded by: | Argonaut Junior |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| History | |
| Name: | Argonaut |
| Launched: | 1898 |
| General characteristics for Argonaut No 1 | |
| Type: | Submarine |
| Length: | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Gas engine and propeller |
Argonaut was a class of submarines built by engineer Simon Lake. When used without clarification Argonaut generally refers to the second-built and larger submarine launched in 1900 at Baltimore. She was 36-foot (11 m) long, cigar shaped and built of steel. She had a White and Middleton gas engine and propeller, dynamo, searchlight, and pumps for air and water. Her main attribute like that of the older sibling and predecessor Argonaut Junior (1894); was a wet diving chamber that allowed a diver to leave and re-enter the submarine. Argonaut No 1, and Argonaut No 2 are used as the name of this vessel.
Argonaut No 1 was built in 1897 and is 36 feet (11 m) in length. In September 1898 it made an open-ocean passage from Norfolk, Virginia, to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, becoming the first submarine to operate successfully in the open sea.[1][2]
Argonaut No 2 was a reconstruction of Argonaut No 1 finishing in 1900 with a length of 60 feet (18 m) and significantly different profile.[3][4][5]
Citations
- ↑ "Hitler's Lost Sub: 400 years of subs". NOVA (PBS). November 2000. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostsub/hist1861.html.
- ↑ Raanan, Gideon. "Submarines on Stamps: Simon Lake and his family of Argonauts and Protectors". Hadas Studio. http://www.submarinesonstamps.co.il/History.aspx?h=46.
- ↑ "Argonauts" (web). The Simon Lake Submarine Web Site. 2003. http://www.simonlake.com/html/argonauts.html.
- ↑ Corbin, Thomas W. Corbin (1913). The Romance of Submarine Engineering: Containing Interesting. Original from the New York Public Library: Seeley, Service & co., ltd.. p. 109. https://books.google.com/books?id=xGAJAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Argonaut+Junior%22&pg=PA109.
- ↑ Herbert C. Fyfe, Edward James Reed (1907). Submarine Warfare, Past and Present. Original from the University of California: E.G. Richards. p. 288. https://archive.org/details/submarinewarfar00reedgoog. "Argonaut Junior."
References
- Poluhowich, John (1999). Argonaut: The Submarine Legacy of Simon Lake. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 181. ISBN 0890968942. https://archive.org/details/argonautsubmarin00john/page/181.
Further reading
- Lake, Jeff. "Argonauts". http://www.simonlake.com/html/argonauts.html.
- "Construction and Operation of the Submarine Boat Argonaut". Marine Engineering II (2): 7–10. February 1898. https://books.google.com/books?id=bBM4AQAAMAAJ.
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