USS N-1 (SS-53)
USS ''N-1'' (SS-53) was a United States N-class submarine, N-class coastal defense submarine built for the United States Navy during World War I. Description The N-class boats designed by Electric Boat (''N-1'' through''N-3'') were built to slightly different specifications from the other N-class submarines, which were designed by Lake Torpedo Boat, and are sometimes considered a separate class. The Electric Boat submarines had a length of length overall, overall, a beam (nautical), beam of and a mean draft (ship), draft of . They displacement (ship), displaced on the surface and submerged. The N-class submarines had a crew of 2 officers and 23 enlisted men. They had a diving depth of .Friedman, p. 307 For surface running, the Electric Boat submarines were powered by two diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a electric motor. They could reach on the surface and underwater. On the surface, the boats had a range of at ...
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Seattle Construction And Drydock Company
The Seattle Construction and Drydock Company was a shipbuilding company based in Seattle, Washington. Between 1911 and 1918, it produced a substantial number of ships for both commercial and military uses. History Formally established in 1911, the shipyard could trace its history back to 1882, when Robert Moran opened a marine repair shop at Yesler's Wharf () and became involved with Bailey Gatzert and the Seattle Dry Dock & Ship Building Company. Moran was elected mayor of Seattle in 1888 and while his original shop and the dry dock became a victim of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, the business continued to expand and became the Moran Brothers Shipyard, located a few steps further south (). In 1906 the Moran family left the business, but the name persisted and the yard now operated as Moran Company and became the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company at the end of 1911. Some time in 1916, William H. Todd made one of the first acquisitions for the corporation that wou ...
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