The No. 52. Electric
Boat Company-design of 1.500 tons. Building approved in 1915. First material immediately
ordered. After 6 months yet for 0% completed. Contracted building time 36
months.
Note
1. Launched at the shipyard of
Fore River Shipbuilding, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 21 June 1916, launched
on 25 July 1918 and commissioned on 30 January 1920.
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.
