USS K-5
K-class submarine of the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS K-5 (SS-36) was a K-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 17 March 1914 sponsored by Mrs. Warren G. Child, and commissioned on 22 August.
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Name | USS K-5 |
Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 10 June 1912 |
Launched | 17 March 1914 |
Commissioned | 22 August 1914 |
Decommissioned | 20 February 1923 |
Reclassified | SS-36, 17 July 1920 |
Stricken | 18 December 1930 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 3 June 1931 |
General characteristics | |
Type | K-class submarine |
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Length | 153 ft 7 in (46.81 m) |
Beam | 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric |
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Complement | 28 officers and men |
Armament | 4 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes |
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