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Monday, 21 December 2015

American submarine USS K 6 (1914-1931) on 1 September 1915

Displacement 390 (surfaced)-530 (submerged) tons, building allowed in 1911, first material ordered after 1 month, keel laid down after 6,5 months, taken over by the government after 34 months. Contracted building time 25 months so she was 9 months too late delivered.(1)

Note
1. Launched at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 26 March 1914 and commissioned on 9 September 1914.

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.