In a series of business organizational moves, Holland had essentially been forced out of Electric Boat by Isaac Rice and Elihu Frost and he resigned from the company on March 28, 1904.

[4] These vessels introduced some features intended to increase underwater speed, including a small sail and a rotating cap over the torpedo tube muzzles.

In the stowed position, the submarine appears to have no torpedo tubes, as the holes in the cap are covered by the bow stem.

Tactical doctrine for harbor defense submarines dictated that quick "crash dives" would not be necessary, thus the considerable time it took to dismantle this structure and stow it below was not considered a liability.

Starting in 1918-1919, with lessons learned from overseas experience U.S. submarines had bridges more suited to surfaced operations in rough weather.