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"M" submarine

M1 1918

No Name Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
SS47 M1 Fore River, Quincy 7/1914 14/9/1915 2/1918 stricken 3/1922

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

488 / 676

Length, m

59.8

Breadth, m

5.80

Draught, m

3.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 NLSE diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

840 / 680

Max speed, kts

14 / 10.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm (kts) 2750(11) / 150(5)

Armament

4 - 450 TT (bow, 8), 1 x 1 - 76/23 Mk 9

Complement

28

Diving depth operational, m

60

   

Ship project history: Basically similar to L class, but M1 was the first USN double-hulled submarine. However habitability and stability were worse, than at single-hulled boats, project did not repeated more.

Modernizations: none.

Naval service: No significant events.

M1 1918

 

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