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SUBMARINES

"N" submarines

N1 1917
 
No Name Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
SS53 N1 Todd, Seattle 7/1915 30/12/1916 9/1917 stricken 12/1930
SS54 N2 Todd, Seattle 7/1915 16/1/1917 9/1917 stricken 12/1930
SS55 N3 Todd, Seattle 7/1915 21/2/1917 9/1917 stricken 12/1930
SS56 N4 Lake, Bridgeport 3/1915 27/11/1916 6/1918 stricken 9/1922
SS57 N5 Lake, Bridgeport 4/1915 22/3/1917 6/1918 stricken 9/1922
SS58 N6 Lake, Bridgeport 4/1915 21/4/1917 7/1918 stricken 7/1922
SS59 N7 Lake, Bridgeport 4/1915 19/5/1917 6/1918 stricken 6/1922

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

SS53 - 55: 348 / 414

SS56 - 59: 340 / 414

Length, m

SS53 - 55: 44.9

SS56 - 59: 47.3

Breadth, m

SS53 - 55: 4.80

SS56 - 59: 4.40

Draught, m

3.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 NLSE diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

600 / 300

Max speed, kts

13 / 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm (kts) 3500 / 30(5)

Armament

4 - 450 TT (bow, 8)

Complement

SS53 - 55: 25

SS56 - 59: 29

Diving depth operational, m

60

   

Ship project history: Small submarines, on which engines power and speed were sacrificed for better reliability of machinery. Had no artillery.

Modernizations: none.

Naval service: No significant events.

N1 1917

 

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