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'''U.S.S. M-1''' was an American submarine completed in 1918.  It was America's first double-hulled submarine.
 
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==Service==
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M-1 was commissioned on 16 February, 1918 with Lieutenant Commander [[Maurice Rumford Pierce|Maurice R. Pierce]] in command.
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Latest revision as of 00:29, 30 October 2019

U.S.S. M-1 (1915)
Hull Number: SS-47
Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Company[1]
Laid down: 2 Jul, 1914
Launched: 14 Sep, 1915[2]
Commissioned: 16 Feb, 1918
Decommissioned: 15 Mar, 1922
Stricken: 16 Mar, 1922
Sold: 25 Sep, 1922

U.S.S. M-1 was an American submarine completed in 1918. It was America's first double-hulled submarine.

Service

M-1 was commissioned on 16 February, 1918 with Lieutenant Commander Maurice R. Pierce in command.

Captains

Torpedoes

  • four 18-in tubes with 8 torpedoes

Guns

  • one 3-in/23

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 129.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 129.
  3. Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 40-41.

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


Submarine U.S.S. M-1
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