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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.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
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.
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.
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), December 31, 1919. Photo added 02/21/08.
88	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.
266k	K-3 (SS-34) with other ships of the Atlantic Fleet.	US Navy photo courtesy of STSCS(SS) Robert Carlin.
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.

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