USS ''H-9'' (SS-152) was a
H-class submarine originally built for the
Imperial Russian Navy
The Imperial Russian Navy () operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted until dissolved in the wake of the February Revolution of 1917. It developed from a ...
. Six of these were not delivered pending the outcome of the
Russian Revolution of 1917 before being purchased by the
United States Navy
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on 20 May 1918.
Description
The H-class submarines had a length of
overall, a
beam
Beam may refer to:
Streams of particles or energy
*Light beam, or beam of light, a directional projection of light energy
**Laser beam
*Particle beam, a stream of charged or neutral particles
**Charged particle beam, a spatially localized grou ...
of and a mean
draft of . They
displaced on the surface and submerged. The boats had a crew of 2 officers and 23 enlisted men. They had a diving depth of .
[Friedman, p. 307]
For surface running, they were powered by two
New London Ship & Engine Co. diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-call ...
s, each driving one
propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a Electro Dynamic Co.
electric motor
An electric motor is an Electric machine, electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. Most electric motors operate through the interaction between the motor's magnetic field and electric current in a Electromagneti ...
. They could reach on the surface and underwater.
[ On the surface, the boats had a range of at and at submerged.][Gardiner & Gray, p. 128]
The boats were armed with four 18 -nch (450 mm) torpedo tube
A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes.
There are two main types of torpedo tube: underwater tubes fitted to submarines and some surface ships, and deck-mounted units (also referred to as torpedo launchers) installed aboa ...
s in the bow. They carried four reloads, for a total of eight torpedoes.[
]
Construction and career
''H-9'' was launched on 23 November 1918 and commissioned on 25 November. Joining Submarine Division 6 (SubDiv 6) at San Pedro, Los Angeles
San Pedro ( ; Spanish: " St. Peter") is a neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles, California. Formerly a separate city, it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909. The Port of Los Angeles, a major international seaport, is partially located wi ...
, and later being transferred to SubDiv 7 there, ''H-9'' participated in a variety of battle and training exercises along the West Coast. She also patrolled off Santa Catalina Island, and put in at Mare Island for periodic overhauls.
''H-9'' sailed from San Pedro on 25 July 1922 and arrived in Norfolk, Virginia
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on 14 September, with SubDivs 6 and 7. The submarine decommissioned at Norfolk on 3 November. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 26 February 1931. She was sold for scrapping on 28 November 1933.
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External links
PigBoats.COM H-class page
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United States H-class submarines
Ships built in Bremerton, Washington
1918 ships