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Sunday, 25 March 2018

American submarine USS F01 executed her trials according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1913-1914 no. 6

An item reported that during executing her trials the American submarine F1 built by the Electric Boat Company during 10 minutes and a 6 miles speed steamed on a depth of 88 metres.(1)

Note
1. Laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, USA as the USS Carp, launched on 6 September 1911, renamed F-1 on 17 November 1911, commissioned on 19 June 1912 and sunk in a collision with the USS F-3 off Point Loma, San Diego, California, USA on 17 December 1917.