Seawolf Class Submarine (1913)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThree Seawolf or "H" class submarines were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1913-14. A further six units being built for Russia were purchased in 1918. They were quite different from the American-built submarines of Britain's "H" class of 1915.
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Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Seawolf | Union Iron Works | 6 May, 1913 | 1 Dec, 1913 | Sunk 12 Mar, 1920 | |
Nautilus | Union Iron Works | 4 Jun, 1913 | 1 Dec, 1913 | Broken up 1931 | |
Garfish | Moran Brothers Shipyard | 3 Jul, 1913 | 16 Jan, 1914 | Stricken 1922 | |
H-4 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 9 Oct, 1918 | 24 Oct, 1918 | Broken up 1931 | |
H-5 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 24 Sep, 1918 | 30 Sep, 1918 | Broken up 1931 | |
H-6 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 26 Aug, 1918 | 26 Aug, 1918 | Broken up 1931 | |
H-7 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 17 Oct, 1918 | 17 Oct, 1918 | Broken up 1931 | |
H-8 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 14 Nov, 1918 | 18 Nov, 1918 | Broken up 1931 | |
H-9 | Puget Sound Navy Yard | 23 Nov, 1918 | 25 Nov, 1918 | Broken up 1931 |
Design and Construction
Performance
Service
In early 1916, the first three H class boats were operating out of California, their crews living aboard U.S.S. Cheyenne.[1]
Torpedoes
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. p. 1553.
Bibliography
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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