USS Savannah (AS-8)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Savannah.
USS Savannah (Id. No. 3015)[1] (later designated AS-8) was a submarine tender in the United States Navy in World War I and the years after. She was launched 18 April 1899 as a German commercial freighter SS Saxonia, but was seized by the United States in 1917 and renamed Savannah. In 1933, the ship was renamed USS AS-8 to allow USS Savannah to have the Savannah name.
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Savannah with three S-class submarines alongside, in December 1924 | |
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United States | |
Builder | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany |
Launched | 18 April 1899 |
Acquired | seized 1917 |
Commissioned | 3 November 1917 |
Decommissioned | 26 June 1934 |
Renamed | AS-8 on 15 September 1933 |
Stricken | 26 June 1934 |
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General characteristics | |
Displacement | 10,800 tons |
Length | 414 ft 6 in (126.34 m) |
Beam | 46 ft 1 in (14.05 m) |
Draft | 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m) |
Complement | 275 officers and enlisted |
Armament | four 5-inch guns |
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