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She commissioned in the [[New York Navy Yard]] on 28 October, 1912 under the command of Lieutenant [[Kenneth Whiting]]. | She commissioned in the [[New York Navy Yard]] on 28 October, 1912 under the command of Lieutenant [[Kenneth Whiting]]. | ||
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| + | G-1 performed a "quick dive" at Provincetown as part of her acceptance tests, achieving a dive time of five minutes, 25 seconds from a full speed surface run.{{USNavalEstimatesVolII1916|p. 1507}} | ||
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| + | G-1 was equipped with hand pumps and with wheels on her bottom, on which she could roll on a suitable seabed. These were tested in acceptance trials, but the hand pumps proved unable to raise the submarine from 48 feet, even when her buoyancy was adjusted to just 150 pounds negative.{{USNavalEstimatesVolII1916|p. 1508}} | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
Revision as of 11:13, 29 December 2014
| U.S.S. Seal (1911) | |
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| Hull Number: | SS-19½ |
| Builder: | Newport News[1] |
| Ordered: | Act of March, 1907[2] |
| Laid down: | 2 Feb, 1909 |
| Launched: | 8 Feb, 1911[3] |
| Commissioned: | 28 Oct, 1912 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 Mar, 1920 |
| Stricken: | 29 Aug, 1921 |
| Expended: | 21 Jul, 1921 |
| Fate: | as target |
She commissioned in the New York Navy Yard on 28 October, 1912 under the command of Lieutenant Kenneth Whiting.
Construction and Trials
G-1 performed a "quick dive" at Provincetown as part of her acceptance tests, achieving a dive time of five minutes, 25 seconds from a full speed surface run.[4]
G-1 was equipped with hand pumps and with wheels on her bottom, on which she could roll on a suitable seabed. These were tested in acceptance trials, but the hand pumps proved unable to raise the submarine from 48 feet, even when her buoyancy was adjusted to just 150 pounds negative.[5]
Service
Captains
- Lieutenant Kenneth Whiting, 28 October, 1912
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 128.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 128.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 128.
- ↑ Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. p. 1507.
- ↑ Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. p. 1508.
Bibliography
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