USS O-8
O-1-class submarine
Service
- as O-811 July 1918 — 11 September 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS O-8
- Pennant / hull number
- SS-69
- Builder
- Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
- Ordered
- 3 March 1916
- Laid down
- 27 February 1917
- Launched
- 31 December 1917
- Commissioned
- 11 July 1918
- Decommissioned
- 27 May 1931
- Recommissioned
- 28 April 1941
- Struck
- 11 October 1945
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 4 September 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 520 long tons (528 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 629 long tons (639 t)
- Length
- 52.43 m (172 ft)
- Beam
- 5.49 m (18 ft)
- Draught
- 4.27 m (14 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Range
- 5,500 nmi (10,186 km)
- Complement
- 29
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
USS O-8 was a O-1-class submarine built for the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number SS-69. Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts laid her keel on 27 February 1917. She entered service on 11 July 1918, having been launched on 31 December 1917.
The boat displaced 520 long tons surfaced and 629 long tons submerged. She measured 52.4 m (172 ft) long with a beam of 5.5 m (18 ft). Her designed speed was 14 knots, and she carried a complement of 29.
Her main battery was one 76 mm (3 in) guns. Her machinery developed 880 bhp.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 27 May 1931. She recommissioned on 28 April 1941. She was struck from the register on 11 October 1945.
She was broken up for scrap on 4 September 1946.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × NELSECO 6-EB-14 diesel engines
- 2 × Electro-Dynamic Company electric motors
- 2 × 60-cell batteries
- 2 × Propellers
- Power
- 880 bhp diesel
- 740 hp electric
- Armament
- 4 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (8 torpedoes)
- 1 × 3 in/23 caliber retractable deck gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS O-8 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
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