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!align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| {{USN flag|1926}}
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|Ordered:
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|Laid down:
|[[31 July]] [[1915]]
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|Launched:
|[[21 February]] [[1917]]
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|Commissioned:
|[[26 September]] [[1917]]
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|Decommissioned:
|[[30 April]] [[1926]]
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|Fate:
|scrapped
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|Stricken:
|[[18 December]] [[1930]]
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"|General characteristics
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|Displacement:
|348&nbsp;tons surfaced, 414&nbsp;tons submerged
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|Length:
|147&nbsp;feet 3&nbsp;inches
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|Beam:
|15&nbsp;feet 9&nbsp;inches
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|Draft:
|12&nbsp;feet 6&nbsp;inches
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|Propulsion:
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|Speed:
|13&nbsp;knots surfaced, 11&nbsp;knots submerged
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|Range:
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|Complement:
|25 officers and men
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|Armament:
|four 18&nbsp;inch torpedo tubes
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|Motto:
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'''USS ''N-3'' (SS-55)''' was a [[United States N class submarine|''N''-class coastal defense submarine]] of the [[United States Navy]].  Her keel was laid down on [[31 July]] [[1915]] by the [[Seattle Construction and Drydock]] Company. She was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on [[21 February]] [[1917]] sponsored by Miss Bertha Coontz, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on [[26 September]] [[1917]] with Lieutenant William R. Munroe in command.

Following sea trails in [[Puget Sound]], ''N-3'', with sister ships {{USS|N-1|SS-53|3}} and {{USS|N-2|SS-54|3}}, departed the Navy Yard [[21 November]] [[1917]].  The three submarines arrived at [[New London, Connecticut]], on [[7 February]] [[1918]].  From here, ''N-3'' patrolled along the [[New England]] coast and off [[Long Island]]. On [[23 July]], a British steamer mistook ''N-3'' as a German [[U-boat]] and fired on her at a range of only 50&nbsp;yards.  Although hit by a six-inch shell, the submarine suffered only slight damage and after repairs at sea, was able to proceed to [[New York Navy Yard]] under her own power. Following permanent repairs, ''N-3'' returned to the Submarine School, New London for patrol and training duty through 1920.

Departing New London [[1 June]] [[1921]], ''N-3'' sailed for [[Toledo, Ohio]]. One of the first submarines to navigate the [[St. Lawrence River]] and the [[Great Lakes]], she put in at [[City of Halifax|Halifax, Nova Scotia]], [[Quebec]], [[Montreal]], and [[Port Dalhousie]] before arriving [[Toledo, Ohio]], on [[25 June]]. She remained there for 11 days, open to the public for inspection. Departing [[6 July]], she returned to New London, arriving [[20 July]], and from there cruised along the East Coast from Halifax to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], conducting training cruises. Departing New London, she sailed for the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]], where she decommissioned [[30 April]] [[1926]]. She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on [[18 December]] [[1930]] and was scrapped in mid-1931.

== References ==
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[[Category:United States N class submarines]]
[[Category:World War I submarines of the United States]]
[[Category:Ships built in Washington (U.S. state)]]