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Haddock / K-1 (SS-32)

Radio Call Sign: November - Yankee- Foxtrot

K Class Submarine: Laid down, 20 February 1912, as Haddock, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA., Renamed K-1; Launched, 3 September 1913; Commissioned, USS K-1, 17 March 1914; Designated (SS-32), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 7 March 1923, at Hampton Roads (Submarine Base); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 June 1931.

Specifications: Displacement, surfaced: 392 t., submerged: 521 t.; Length 153' 7"; Beam 16' 8"; Draft 13' 1"; Speed, surfaced 14 kts, submerged 10.5 kts; Operating Depth, 200'; Complement, 2 Officers, 26 Enlisted; Armament, four 18", torpedo tubes, eight torpedoes; Propulsion, diesel-electric, New London Ship & Engine Co., diesel engines, 950 hp, Fuel Capacity, 18,126 gals., Electro Dynamic Co., electric motors, 680 hp, Battery Cells 120, single screw.
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K-1 97k Steroscopic photo of the K-1 (SS-32) by Enrique Miller, probably circa mid "teens".
Courtesy of Dr. C. Andrew Hemmings, University of Texas.
K 1.0k Submarines K-1 (SS-32), K-4 (SS-35), K-5 (SS-36) & K-6 (SS-37) at 135th street and the North River.
K-5 getting into place is shown in the lower picture.
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from the New-York Tribune. New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 07 May 1915, Image 6, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
K-1 66k K-1 (SS-32) running "awash", underway, circa 1916. Photographed by O.W. Waterman, Hampton, Virginia.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 99399, from the collection of Commander Haines H. Lippencott. Donated by Rhoda A. Lippencott, 1973.
K-1, K-2, K-5, K-6 57k "American submarines of the K-class fitted out with machinery & equipment of the latest type to be used in case of hostile descent on our coast".
Pictured in no particular order are probably the K-1 (SS-32), K-2 (SS-33), K-5 (SS-36), and K-6 (SS-37) alongside the tender Bushnell (AS-2), Ponta Delgada, Azores, circa 1918.
Photo by Central News, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Partial text from "The War of the Nations" (New York), 31 December 1919.
K boats & BB-30 Florida88k USN subs K-1 (SS-32), K-2 (SS-32), K-6 (SS-37) & K-5 (SS-36) prior to going to Europe after the US entered WW I. The Florida (BB-30) is seen at rear. Notice that the K-5 is being painted with "Dazzle paint".
USN photo courtesy of Ric Hedmen.
K-1 266k K-3 (SS-34) with other ships of the Atlantic Fleet.
US Navy photo courtesy of STSCS(SS) Robert Carlin.
K 142k UP FOR A BREATH OF AIR.
The K-1 (SS-32) is one of the fleet of submarines that Uncle Sam is busy assembling.
Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from the Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 03 February 1917, Night Extra, Image 16, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
PDF added 01/15/11.
K 378k Unidentified K-boat in New York City Harbor; K-1 (SS-32), K-2 (SS-33), K-5 (SS-36), or K-6 (SS-37) sails along in this undated postcard photo. Photo by Underwood & Underwood courtesy of Arnold A. Putnam via Gary Priolo.
K 192k K-boats in harbor with a four funnel destroyer in the background;
K-1 (SS-32), K-2 (SS-33), K-6 (SS-37), K-4 (SS-35), K-7 (SS-38), K-3 (SS-34), K-5 (SS-36) & K-8 (SS-39) appear in this undated photo. K-5 is being repainted.
Text i.d. courtesy of Ric Hedman.
Photo courtesy of Rick Larson (of blessed memory) via the unique hand of Ric Hedman.
K 127k K-boats in harbor backdropped by a cage masted battleship:
O-4 (SS-65), K-1 (SS-32) & K-2 (SS-33).
US Navy photo, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
K class 146k Busy unknown and undated dockyard scene. From left to right: K-8 (SS-39), K-2 (SS-33), unknown K class boat, K-3 (SS-34) & K-1 (SS-32).
US Navy photo courtesy of STSCS(SS) Robert Carlin.
K 843k One of the mother ships of Uncle Sam's navy the Camden (AS-6), and her nine undersea kittens, a formidable fotilla of Yankee submarines that have been a source of great interest the last two weeks to visitors to the Atlantic Fleet at anchor in the Hudson. The Camden and her family have been at anchor off the Seventies. Above. How the K-5 (SS-36) looks when traveling at full speed on the surface. Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from the New-York Tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 16 May 1920, Image 59, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
K 696k There are fewer busier places in Philadelphia than the large drydock at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where repairs are being made on eleven of Uncle Sam's submarine craft.
Among the boats visible is the K-1 (SS-32), which appears in the front left corner, and K-5 (SS-36), behind her. The remainder of the K-boats are likely here as well.
Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from the Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 14 October 1920, NIGHT EXTRA, Image 26, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

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