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Monday, 21 December 2015

American submarine USS L 11 (1915-1933) on 1 September 1915

Displacement 575 (submerged) tons, building allowed in 1914, first material immediately ordered, keel laid down after 6,5 months, after 13 months of building completed on 1 September 1915 for 78%. Contracted building time 26 months.(1)

Note
1. Laid down at the shipyard of the Fore Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 17 February 1915, launched on 16 May 1916 and commissioned on 15 August 1916.

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.