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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Walrus / K-4 (SS-35)

Radio Call Sign: November - India - Foxtrot

K Class Submarine: Originally assigned the name Walrus, Renamed K-4, 17 November 1911; Laid down, 27 January 1912, at Seattle Construction & Drydock Co., Seattle, WA.; Launched, 19 March 1914; Commissioned, USS K-4, 24 October 1914; Designated (SS-35), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 19 May 1923, at Hampton Roads, VA.; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 3 June 1931.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 392 t., Submerged: 521 t.; Length 153' 7"; Beam 16' 8"; Draft 13' 1"; Speed, Surfaced 14 kts, Submerged 9.5 kts; Operating Depth, 200'; Complement, 2 Officers, 26 Enlisted; Armament, four 18" torpedo tubes, 8 torpedoes, one 3"/23 deck gun; Propulsion, diesel-electric, New London Ship & Engine Co., diesel engine, HP 950, Fuel Capacity, 18,126 gals., Electro Dynamic Co., electric motor, HP 680, Battery Cells, 120, single propeller.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
64k	K-4 (SS-35) underway prior to World War I, possibly in the Seattle, Washington, area when she was first completed in 1914.	USNHC photo # NH 41972, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
77k	K-4 (SS-35) photo possibly circa late October 1914 to October 1915, when she joined the Pacific Torpedo Flotilla, and operated along the coast of California, conducting constant exercises and experiments to develop the techniques of submarine warfare.	US Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Partial text courtesy of DANFS.
387k	From outboard to inboard, what looks to be K-8 (SS-39), K-4 (SS-35), K-3 (SS-34) & K-7 (SS-38), at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii on the 14 of October, 1915.	US Navy photo from NARA, courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
70k	K-4 (SS-35) photo circa 1918.	USNHC photo # NH 41963, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
82k	Alert (AS-4) (1875-1922) tied up at Kuahua Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, while serving as a submarine tender, 22 August 1917. Submarines alongside *Alert* include, from inboard to outboard, K-4 (SS-35), K-3 (SS-34) and either K-7 (SS-38) or K-8 (SS-39).	USNHC photo # NH 42542, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
77k	K-4 (SS-35) underway with a sister submarine, trimming down "ready for nose dive", circa 1918. The second submarine is probably K-3 (SS-34), K-7 (SS-38), or K-8 (SS-39).	USNHC photo # NH 41968, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
108k	K-4 (SS-35) underway with a sister submarine, trimming down "ready for nose dive", circa 1918. The second submarine is probably K-3 (SS-34), K-7 (SS-38), or K-8 (SS-39).	USNHC photo # NH 41967, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
72k	K-4 (SS-35) underway, circa 1918, with an airplane hovering distantly overhead.	USNHC photo # NH 41971, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
72k	K-4 (SS-35) underway, circa 1918, photographed from another submarine.	USNHC photo # NH 41969, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
95k	K-4 (SS-35) underway, circa 1918, with another submarine and a tanker in the distance.	USNHC photo # NH 41970, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
88k	K-4 (SS-35) running at periscope depth, circa 1918.	USNHC photo # NH 41964, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
65k	K-4 (SS-35) submerging, circa 1918.	USNHC photo # NH 41965, courtesy of the US Naval Historical Center.
60k	K-4 (SS-35) underway, port side view, date and location unknown.	US Navy photo from NARA # 19N13673, courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
421k	K-4 (SS-35) underway, starboard side view, date and location unknown.	US Navy photo from NARA # 19N13877, courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
116k	Port side view of K-4 (SS-35) underway, date and location unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.