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"O" submarines (O1) (1918)


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O10

Ships


No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
SS62 O1   Portsmouth N Yd 3.1917 9.7.1918 11.1918 stricken 3.1938
SS63 O2   Puget Sound N Yd, Bremerton 7.1917 24.5.1918 10.1918 stricken 8.1945
SS64 O3 256 Fore River, Quincy 12.1916 29.9.1917 6.1918 stricken 10.1945
SS65 O4 257 Fore River, Quincy 12.1916 20.10.1917 5.1918 stricken 10.1945
SS66 O5 258 Fore River, Quincy 12.1916 11.11.1917 6.1918 collision 28.10.1923
SS67 O6 259 Fore River, Quincy 12/1916 25.11.1917 6.1918 stricken 9.1945
SS68 O7 260 Fore River, Quincy 2/1917 16.12.1917 7.1918 stricken 7.1945
SS69 O8 261 Fore River, Quincy 2/1917 21.12.1917 7.1918 stricken 10.1945
SS70 O9 262 Fore River, Quincy 2/1917 27.1.1918 7.1918 foundered 20.6.1941
SS71 O10 263 Fore River, Quincy 2/1917 21.2.1918 8.1918 stricken 10.1945
SS72 O11   Lake, Bridgeport 3.1916 29.10.1917 10.1918 stricken 5.1930
SS73 O12   Lake, Bridgeport 3.1916 29.9.1917 10.1918 stricken 5.1930
SS74 O13   Lake, Bridgeport 3.1916 27.12.1917 11.1918 stricken 5.1930
SS75 O14 124 California SB, Long Beach 7.1916 6.5.1918 10.1918 stricken 5.1930
SS76 O15 125 California SB, Long Beach 9.1916 12.2.1918 8.1918 stricken 5.1930
SS77 O16 126 California SB, Long Beach 10.1916 9.2.1918 8.1918 stricken 5.1930


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t

SS62 - 71: 521 / 629

SS72 - 77: 491 / 566

Length, m

SS62 - 71: 52.5

SS72 - 77: 52.4

Breadth, m

SS62 - 71: 5.50

SS72 - 77: 5.10

Draught, m

SS62 - 71: 4.40

SS72 - 77: 4.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

SS62 - 71: 2 NLSE diesels / 2 electric motors

SS72 - 77: 2 Busch-Sulzer diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

SS62 - 71: 600 / 550

SS72 - 77: 880 / 740

Max speed, kts

SS62 - 71: 13 / 11

SS72 - 77: 14 / 10.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 88

Endurance, nm(kts)5500 (11.5) /
Armament

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

Electronic equipmentSC sonar
Complement

SS62 - 71: 25

SS72 - 77: 29

Diving depth operational, m60


Standard scale images


<i>O8</i> 1943
O8 1943
<i>O4</i> 1917
O4 1917


Graphics


<i>O10</i>
O10


Project history

Efficient submarine design, completed after long experiments with many classes. Development of 'N' class. There were two subgroups: 10 submarines of first ones were built under project of Holland (O1-10), 6 submarines of the second (О11-16) under Lake project. Latter appeared unsuccessful. Saddle-tank hull.

Modernizations

1939-1940, most survived: - 1 x 1 - 76/23; + 1 x 1 - 12.7/90, JK sonar1940s, most survived: + SD or SJ radar

Naval service

Submarines of this class were used basically for training. O5 was rammed and sunk by s/s Abangarez near Lemon Bay (Panama Canal Zone) 28.10.1923. O9 foundered by mechanical failure 20.6.1941 in 15nm off Portsmouth.