Fitted out with steam
turbines. Displacement more as 2.000 tons. Building approved by the Congress
ignoring the Department of Navy in March 1915.Half October 1915 was the
registration of tenders still not started. Building costs of a fleet submarine
were estimated to be 3.750.000 Dutch guilders. Naval experts believed that the technical
demands for those submarined needed to be changed. The blueprint was published half
December and around February 1916 was the registration of offers to start.
Expected was that the design for the 1.500 tons submarine No. 52 would be used
as basic design.(1)
Note
1. The USS T-2 (1917-1931). Laid
down at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA by the Electric
Boat Company as AA-2 on 31 May 1917, launched on 6 September 1919, redesignated
SF-2 on 17 July 1920, renamed T-2 on 22 September 1920 and commissioned on 7
January 1922. Displacement was 1.487 long tons/1.511 tons submerged.
The USS T-3 (1917-1931). Laid
down at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA by the Electric
Boat Company as AA-3 on 21 May 1917, launched on 24 May 1919, redesignated SF-3
on 17 July 1920, renamed T-3 on 22 September 1920 and commissioned on 7 December
1920. Displacement was 1.487 long tons/1.511 tons submerged.
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.
