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Revision as of 17:44, 22 November 2014

U.S.S. K-8 (1914)
Hull Number: SS-39
Builder: Union Iron Works[1]
Launched: 11 Jul, 1914[2]
Commissioned: 1 Dec, 1914
Decommissioned: 24 Feb, 1923
Broken up: 1931[3]
U.S.S. K-8 was one of eight Haddock Class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

She was laid down by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco under subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 11 July 1914 sponsored by Mrs. John W. Lewis, wife of the first commanding officer, and commissioned on 1 December at Mare Island under command of Lieutenant John William Lewis.

Service

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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. ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 58-59.

Bibliography


Haddock Class Submarine
  Haddock Cachalot Orca Walrus  
  K-5 K-6 K-7 K-8  
<– Seawolf Class Submarines (US) "L" Class –>
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