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Monday, 21 December 2015

American submarine USS K 5 (1914-1931) on 1 September 1915




Displacement 390 (surfaced)-530 (submerged) tons, building allowed in 1911, first material ordered after 2,53 months, keel laid down after 7,5 months, taken over by the government on 20 August 1914 after 34 months. Contracted building time was 24 months, so she was 10 months too late delivered. (1)

Note
1. Launched at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 17 March 1914 and commissioned on 22 August 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.