U.S.S. K-6 (1914)

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U.S.S. K-6 (1914)
Hull Number: SS-37
Builder: Fore River[1]
Launched: 26 Mar, 1914[2]
Commissioned: 9 Sep, 1914
Decommissioned: 21 May, 1923
Broken up: 1931[3]
U.S.S. K-6 was one of eight Haddock Class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

She commissioned on 9 September, 1914 at Boston, with Lieutenant Joseph O. Fisher in command.

Service

In early 1916, K-6 went to Pensacola, Florida, suffering some delay in transit which required her to stop by Charleston Navy Yard. Once in Pensacola, her crew was accommodated aboard Tallahassee.[4]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 128.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 128.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 128.
  4. Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. pp. 1553-4.
  5. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 38.
  6. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 38.
  7. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 40.
  8. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 40.
  9. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 38.
  10. Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 64-65.

Bibliography


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