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USS H-5
H-class submarine of the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS H-5 (SS-148) was a H-class submarine originally built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Six of these were not delivered pending the outcome of the Russian Revolution of 1917 before being purchased by the United States Navy on 20 May 1918.
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Name | H-5 |
Ordered | by the Imperial Russian Navy, 1915 |
Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington |
Laid down | 12 May 1918 |
Launched | 24 September 1918 |
Acquired | 20 May 1918 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1918 |
Decommissioned | 20 October 1922 |
Reclassified | Hull number: SS-148, 17 July 1920 |
Stricken | 26 February 1931 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 28 November 1933 |
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Class and type | H-class submarine |
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Length | 150 ft 4 in (45.82 m) |
Beam | 15 ft 10 in (4.83 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 5 in (3.78 m) |
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Test depth | 200 ft (61 m) |
Complement | 25 officers and men |
Armament | 4 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes |
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