U.S.S. Walrus (1914)

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U.S.S. Walrus (1914)
Hull Number: SS-35
Builder: Moran Brothers Shipyard[1]
Launched: 19 Mar, 1914[2]
Commissioned: 24 Oct, 1914
Decommissioned: 19 May, 1923
Broken up: 1931[3]

U.S.S. K-4, originally to be named U.S.S. Walrus, was one of eight Haddock Class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

She commissioned on 24 October, 1914 with Lieutenant James P. Olding in command.

Service

In early 1916, K-3, K-4, K-7 and K-8 were based in Pearl Harbor, their crews living aboard U.S.S. Alert.[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, 1915. p. 36.
  6. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 32.
  7. Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 64-65.
  8. Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 60-61.

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Haddock Class Submarine
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