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Monday, 21 December 2015

American submarine USS L 8 (1915-1926) on 1 September 1915

Displacement 575 (submerged) tons, building allowed in 1914, first material ordered after 1 month, keel laid down after 8 months, after 14 months of building completed on 1 September 1915 for 49%. Contracted building time 29 months.

Note
1. Laid down at the shipyard Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA on 24 February 1915, launched on 23 April 1917 and commissioned on 30 August 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.