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Tuesday, 22 December 2015

American coastal defence submarine USS N-6 (1915-1922) on 1 September 1915

The No. 58. Lake. Building approved in 1915. First material immediately ordered. Keel laid after 2 months. After 6,5 months yet for 32% completed. Contracted building time 26 months.

Note
1. Laid down at the shipyard of Lake Torpedo Boat, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA on 15 April 1915, launched on 21 April 1917 and commissioned on 9 July 1918.

Source
Marineblad 1915/1916 no. 6. The article was mainly based on a report of the Secretary of Navy dated 16 October 1915 over the year ending on 30 June 1915.