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Monday, 21 December 2015

American submarine USS L 3 (1914-1933) on 1 September 1915

Displacement 390 (surfaced)-530 (submerged) tons, building allowed in 1913, first material ordered after 2 months, keel laid down after 14,5 months, after 32 months of building completed on 1 September 1915 for 94%. Contracted building time 26 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 on 18 April 1914, launched on 15 March 1915 and commissioned on 22 April 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.