USS O-1

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USS O-1 (SS-62), also known as "Submarine No. 62", was the lead ship of her class of submarines of the United States Navy commissioned during World War I.

Design

The O-1-class submarines were designed to meet a Navy requirement for coastal defense boats.Template:Sfn The submarines had a length of Template:Cvt overall, a beam of Template:Cvt, and a mean draft of Template:Cvt. They displaced Template:Cvt on the surface and Template:Cvt submerged. The O-class submarines had a crew of 2 officers and 27 enlisted men. They had a diving depth of Template:Cvt.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

For surface running, the boats were powered by two NELSECO 6-EB-14 diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a New York Navy Yard electric motor.Template:Sfn They could reach on the surface and Template:Cvt underwater. On the surface, the O-class had a range of at Template:Cvt.Template:Sfn

The boats were armed with four 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes in the bow. They carried four reloads, for a total of eight torpedoes. The O-class submarines were also armed with a single [[3"/23 caliber gun|Template:Cvt/23 caliber]] retractable deck gun.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Construction

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The christening of O-1, 9 July 1918

O-1Template:'s keel was laid down on 26 March 1917, at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 9 July 1918,Template:Sfn sponsored by Mrs. Cora Isabel Adams,Template:Sfn and commissioned on 5 November 1918.Template:Sfn

Service history

Commissioned just before the Armistice with Germany, O-1 operated in the East Coast waters from Cape Cod, in Massachusetts, to Key West, in Florida, after World War I.Template:Sfn

When the US Navy adopted its hull classification system on 17 July 1920, she received the hull number SS-62.Template:Sfn

Reclassified a second-line submarine, on 25 July 1924, and first-line, on 6 June 1928, O-1 was converted to an experimental vessel on 28 December 1930, and operated in this capacity out of the submarine base at New London, Connecticut, until decommissioning on 11 June 1931.Template:Sfn

Fate

She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 18 May 1938, and sold for scrap.Template:Sfn

Bibliography

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