Displacement 740 (submerged)
tons, building allowed in 1913, first material ordered after 2 months, keel
laid down after 17 months, after 2 years and 7 months of building completed on
1 September 1915 for 86%. Contracted building time 25 months, so she will be
around 15 months too late be delivered.
Note
1. Laid down at the shipyard
of the Fore Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 2 July 1914,
launched on 14 September 1915 and commissioned on 16 February 1918. Electric
Boat Company-design.
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.
