"L" Class Submarine (1915)

Eleven "L" class submarines were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1916-18.

Overview of 11 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
L-1	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	13 Apr, 1914	20 Jan, 1915	11 Apr, 1916	Broken up 1922
L-2	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	19 Mar, 1914	11 Feb, 1915	29 Sep, 1916	Broken up 1932
L-3	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	18 Apr, 1914	15 Mar, 1915	22 Apr, 1916	Broken up 1932
L-4	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	23 Mar, 1914	3 Apr, 1915	4 May, 1916
L-9	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	2 Nov, 1914	27 Oct, 1915	4 Aug, 1916	Broken up 1922
L-10	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	17 Feb, 1915	16 Mar, 1916	2 Aug, 1916	Broken up 1932
L-11	Fore River Shipbuilding Company	17 Feb, 1915	16 May, 1916	15 Aug, 1916	Broken up 1932
L-5	Lake Torpedo Boat Company	14 May, 1914	1 May, 1916	17 Feb, 1918	Sold 1925
L-6	Lake Torpedo Boat Company	27 May, 1914	31 Aug, 1916	7 Dec, 1917	Sold 1925
L-7	Lake Torpedo Boat Company	2 Jun, 1914	28 Sep, 1916	7 Dec, 1917	Sold 1925
L-8	Portsmouth Navy Yard	24 Feb, 1915	23 Apr, 1917	30 Aug, 1917	Sold 1925

Torpedoes

• four 18-in tubes with 8 torpedoes

Guns

These were the first U.S. submarines to feature deck guns.

• one 3-in/23

See Also

• Wikipedia

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).

"L" Class Submarine

Electric Boat Design

L-1

L-2

L-3

L-4

L-9

L-10

L-11

Lake Design

L-5

L-6

L-7

L-8

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