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Monday, 21 December 2015

American submarine USS L 9 (1914-1933) on 1 September 1915

Displacement 575 (submerged) tons, building allowed in 1914, first material immediately ordered, keel laid down after 6 months, after 16,5 months of building completed on 1 September 1915 for 79%. Contracted building time 2 years.(1)

Note
1. Laid down at the shipyard of the Fore Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 2 November 1914, launched on 27 October 1916 and commissioned on 4 May 1923.

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.