U.S.S. K-6 (1914)

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U.S.S. K-6 (1914)
Hull Number: SS-37
Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Company[1]
Launched: 26 Mar, 1914[2]
Commissioned: 9 Sep, 1914
Decommissioned: 21 May, 1923
Broken up: 1931[3]
U.S.S. K-6 was one of eight Haddock Class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

She commissioned on 9 September, 1914 at Boston, with Lieutenant Joseph O. Fisher in command.

Service

In early 1916, K-6 went to Pensacola, Florida, suffering some delay in transit which required her to stop by Charleston Navy Yard. Once in Pensacola, her crew was accommodated aboard Tallahassee.[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, 1916. p. 38.
  6. ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 38.
  7. ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 40.
  8. ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 40.
  9. ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 38.
  10. ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 64-65.
  11. ↑ Obituary at USNA1917.com web page

Bibliography


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