Displacement 390
(surfaced)-530 (submerged) tons, building allowed in 1913, first material
ordered after 2 months, keel laid down after 15 months, after 31 months of
building completed on 1 September 1915 for 94%. Contracted building time 25
months so she will at least 1 year too late be delivered.(1)
Note
1. Laid down at the shipyard
of the Fore Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on23 March 1914,
launched on 3 April 1915 and commissioned on 4 May 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.
