United States K class submarine
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 USS K-1 (SS-32) underway in 1916 |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Fore River Shipyard Union Iron Works Moran Company |
| Operators: |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | H-class submarine |
| Succeeded by: | L-class submarine |
| Completed: | 8 |
| Retired: | 8 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Submarine |
| Displacement: | 392 long tons (398 t) surfaced 521 long tons (529 t) submerged |
| Length: | 153 ft 7 in (46.81 m) |
| Beam: | 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 28 officers and men |
| Armament: | 4 × 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes |
The K class submarines were a class of eight submarines of the United States Navy, serving between 1914 and 1923.
[edit] Ships
- USS K-1 (SS-32) (formerly USS Haddock)
- USS K-2 (SS-33) (formerly USS Cachalot)
- USS K-3 (SS-34) (formerly USS Orca)
- USS K-4 (SS-35) (formerly USS Walrus)
- USS K-5 (SS-36)
- USS K-6 (SS-37)
- USS K-7 (SS-38)
- USS K-8 (SS-39)
[edit] See also
Media related to K class submarines of the United States at Wikimedia Commons
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