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Monday, 21 December 2015

American submarine USS L 7 (1914-1925) on 1 September 1915

Displacement 575 (submerged) tons, building allowed in 1914, first material immediately ordered, keel laid down after 1 month, after 16 months of building completed on 1 September 1915 for 64%. Contracted building time 2 years.(1)

Note
1. Launched at the shipyard of the Craig Shipbuilding Company, Long Beach, California, USA on 2 June 1914, launched on 28 September 1916 and commissioned on 7 December 1917.

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.