Argonaut (submarine)

Longitudinal section of Argonaut

Class overview
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
Cross section of Argonaut amidships

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

1. ↑ "Hitler's Lost Sub: 400 years of subs". NOVA (PBS). November 2000. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostsub/hist1861.html.
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ "Argonauts" (web). The Simon Lake Submarine Web Site. 2003. http://www.simonlake.com/html/argonauts.html.
4. ↑ 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="Argonaut+Junior"&pg=PA109.
5. ↑ 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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