USS D-2 (SS-18)

The USS Grayling (SS -18 ) was a submarine of the D- class services in the United States Navy.

History

The Grayling expired on June 16, 1909 at the Fore River Shipyard from the stack, which had built the boat as a subcontractor for Electric Boat. On 23 November of the year the boat was put into service and renamed two years later in D-2.

The D-2 was the flagship of Submarine Division 3 in the Atlantic and participated in shooting and diving exercises. In 1915 she participated in the Presidential Review of the Fleet.

During the First World War, the D- 2 was a test platform in New London, Connecticut. On September 9, 1919, the boat was eventually assigned to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in the reserve fleet, made ​​on January 18, 1922 and sold out of service in September of the year to be disassembled.