| USS O-8 (SS-69) | |
|---|---|
 O-8 with the "Victory Fleet" off New York City in 1919 | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | USS O-8 |
| Ordered: | 3 March 1916 |
| Builder: | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: | 27 February 1917 |
| Launched: | 31 December 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 11 July 1918 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 May 1931 |
| Recommissioned: | 28 April 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 September 1945 |
| Struck: | 11 October 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 4 September 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | O class submarine |
| Displacement: |
520.6 long tons (529 t) surfaced 629 long tons (639 t) submerged |
| Length: | 172 ft 4 in (52.53 m) |
| Beam: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft 5 in (4.39 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Diesel-electric 2 × 440 hp (328 kW) diesel engines 2 × 370 hp (276 kW) electric motors 2 shafts |
| Speed: |
14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 27 men |
| Armament: |
• 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes, 8 torpedoes • 1 × 3"/50 caliber deck gun |
USS O-8 (SS-69), an O-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 27 February 1917 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 31 December 1917 sponsored by Mrs. Alice C. Burg, and commissioned on 11 July 1918 with Lieutenant Commander R.A. Burg in command.
Service history[]
During the final stages of World War I, O-8 operated out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on coastal patrol duty from Cape Cod to Key West, Florida. She departed Newport, Rhode Island, on 2 November 1918 with other subs ordered to duty in European waters; the duty was cancelled, however, as the Armistice with Germany was signed before the vessels reached the Azores.
The end of the "war to end all wars" did not terminate O-8’s Naval career; she now operated in a training capacity at the Submarine School, New London, Connecticut. In 1924, she sailed for duty in Panama, where she was classified a second line submarine on 25 July 1924. Reverting to a first liner on 6 June 1928, she sailed from New London in February 1931 to Philadelphia and decommissioned there 27 May.
The imminence of World War II sparked the recall to service. O-8 recommissioned at Philadelphia on 28 April 1941, with Lt. John S. McCain, Jr. taking command.[1] In June she returned to Submarine School, New London to train students there until war's end.
Departing New London on 25 August 1945, the ship steamed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and decommissioned there on 11 September 1945; she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 October 1945 and was sold to John J. Duane Company of Quincy on 4 September 1946.
USS O-8 (SS-69) arriving in port, ca. 1927
References[]
- ↑ Famous American Admirals
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links[]
- Photo gallery of USS O-8 at NavSource Naval History
- Beautiful, sharp black and white pictures taken of the interior and exterior of USS O-8 (SS-69)
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