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Nautilus / H-2 (SS-29)

Radio Call Sign: November - Yankee - Delta

H-1 Class Submarine: Laid down, as Nautilus, 23 March 1911, at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA.; Renamed H-2, 17 November 1911; Launched, 4 June 1913; Commissioned USS H-2, 1 December 1913; Decommissioned: 23 October 1922, Coco Solo, C.Z.; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, 18 December 1930; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 September 1931.

Specifications: Displacement, surfaced 358 t., submerged 467 t.; Length 150' 4"; Beam 15' 10"; Draft 12' 5"; Speed, surfaced 14 kts, submerged 10.5 kts; Depth Limit 200'; Complement 2 Officers 23 Enlisted; Armament, four 18" torpedo tubes (fwd), 8 torpedoes; Propulsion, diesel-electric, New London Ship & Engine Co., diesel engines, 950 hp, Fuel Capacity 11,800 gals., Electro Dynamic electric motors, 600 hp, Battery Cells 120, single propeller.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
255k	The submarine H-2 (SS-29) is shown ready for launching at Union Iron Works, San Francisco on 4 Jun 1913.	U.S. Navy photograph courtesy of Darryl Baker.
97k	H-1 (SS-28) and H-2 (SS 29), are berthed at Union Iron Works, San Francisco on 7 Oct 1913 after being launched at that shipyard in May and June of 1913.	U.S. Navy photograph courtesy of Darryl Baker.
74k	H-2 (SS-29) underway, probably while running trials in California waters, 1913.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 99351, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
125k	H-2 (SS-29) underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 30 January 1914.	US Navy photo # 19-N-13667, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
336k	H-2 (SS-29) underway off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 30 January 1914.	Courtesy of chinfo.navy.mil / US Naval Historical Center # NH 45620.
173k	H-1 (SS-28), H-2 (SS-29) and H-3 (SS-30), berth together at an unknown location in January 1914. They possibly could be nested alongside of the Cheyenne(BM-10) which was the tender for the three subs.	U.S. Navy photograph courtesy of Darryl Baker.
49k	Submarines alongside Cheyenne (BM-10),: at San Pedro, California, circa 1914-1916. The submarines are (from left to right): H-1 (SS-28); H-2 (SS-29),; F-4 (SS-23), & H-3 (SS-30).	Courtesy of H.R. ("Ed") Coffer, 1986. US Navy photo # NH 101606, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
81k	Cheyenne(BM-10) with H-3 (SS-30), H-1 (SS-28) and H-2 (SS-29) alongside, probably at San Diego, California, circa 1914-1917. Note the submarines' 13-star "boat" flags, and the numbers "23", "21" and "22", on their periscope housings. The first digit of these numbers represents the Second Torpedo Flotilla, to which they were assigned. The second digit represents the individual submarine's name. Also note the Sailor seated on *Cheyenne's* port anchor.	Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 76004.
302k	The submarine H-2 (SS-29) as in 1918, displays the standard WW I "chariot" bridge but not standard wartime listening equipment.	Drawing by Jim Christley. Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
82k	The monitor Cheyenne (BM-10) with two of her charges H-2 (SS-29), H-3 (SS-30) in 1916.	US Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Photo added 07/17/06.
81k	Chief Petty Officers of the H-2 (SS-29) photographed on board the Fulton AS-1 at the New London submarine base, Groton, Connecticut, in 1919. The conning tower of *H-2* is visible in the right background.	US Naval Historical Center # NH 53977.
75k	Crew of the H-2 (SS-29) on board their "boat" at the New London submarine base, Groton, Connecticut, in 1919. The submarine is possibly *H-2*.	US Naval Historical Center # NH 45616.
53k	H-2 (SS-29) off the New London submarine base, Groton, Connecticut, in 1919.	U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 45617.
81k	H-2(SS-29) at the New London submarine base, Groton, Connecticut, in 1919. This photograph has been annotated to identify *H-2's* radio antenna installation, and features an associated diagram.	This image was used in Rear Admiral R.S. Griffin's "History of the Bureau of Steam Engineering". U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 45618.
73k	H-2 (SS-29) partially submerged in the Hudson River, while on recruiting duty at New York City, 6 October 1919. At about that time, while commanded by Lieutenant Commander Clark Withers, she "performed the remarkable feat of sending a wireless message while submerged". Note the submarine "fish" flag atop her periscope.	U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 45615.
56k	Note the H-2 (SS-29) "fish" flag atop her periscope.	U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 66221.