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K-6 (SS-37)

Radio Call Sign: November - Yankee - Kilo
K Class Submarine: Laid down, 19 June 1912, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 26 March 1914; Commissioned, USS K-6, 9 September 1914, at Boston, MA.; Designated (SS-37), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 21 May 1923, at Hampton Roads (Submarine Base); Struck from the Naval Register, 18 December 1930; 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 10.5 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 960, Fuel Capacity, 18,126, Electro Dynamic Co., electric motor, HP 960, Battery Cells, 120, single propeller.
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K-6 38k K-6 (SS-37), operating on the surface "At Slow Speed", prior to World War I. Photographed by N. Moser, New York, and Enrique Muller, Jr. Contributed by Vance Adams for his father, Lt. Vance Adams USN Ret (deceased). Text courtesy of USNHC.
K-6 80k K-6 (SS-37) passing under a lift bridge on 26 May 1915. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 52395. Collection of Vice Admiral Albert W. Grant, USN (Retired), who was Commander Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet, in 1915-1917.
K-5, K-6 111k K-5 (SS-36) and K-6 (SS-37) alongside, the monitor Tallahassee in 1916. US Navy photo from DANFS, courtesy of Joe Radigan, MACM, USN Ret.
K-550k K-6 (SS-37) underway in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 13 December 1916. Her sister, K-5 (SS-36) is in the distance, beyond K-6's bow.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 2904.
K boats & BB-30 Florida88 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-6 67k K-6 (SS-37) underway of Key West, FL. in 1917. K-6 was used to test WWI camouflage schemes for submarines. Small, medium and large stripes were tested, all made the boats more visible. From these tests it was determined that gray was a more suitable color scheme for submarines.
 US Navy photo courtesy of Mike Green.
L-3 104k L-3 (SS-42) with several other submarines at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 18 July 1917. In the center background are Floating Derrick # 5 and K-6 (SS-37). Note L-3's periscopes.
US Navy photo # NH 51127, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
K-6 54k K-6 (SS-37) coming alongside Margaret (SP-527) at Horta, Fayal, Azores, in December 1917. Photographed by Raymond D. Borden. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 52391.
K-6 64k K-6 (SS-37) at Horta, Fayal, Azores, in December 1917. Photographed from Margaret (SP-527) by Raymond D. Borden. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 52388, courtesy of NARA/ussubmarinevetsofwwii.org.
K-6 80k Stern view of the K-6 (SS-37) at Horta, Fayal, Azores, in December 1917. Photographed from Margaret (SP-527) by Raymond D. Borden. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 52393.
K-6 58k K-6 (SS-37) partially submerged off Horta, Fayal, Azores, in December 1917. Photographed from Margaret (SP-527) by Raymond D. Borden. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 52389.
K-6 68k Lieutenant Commander Frank Jack Fletcher, USN, Commanding officer of Margaret (SP-527) at left; talking with Lieutenant Stuart O. Greig, USN, Commanding officer of K-6 (SS-37) On board the K-6 at Horta, Fayal, Azores, in December 1917. Photographed by Raymond D. Borden. Note the dog. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 52390.
K-6 60k Shovel Race: Crewmen of K-6 (SS-37) paddle their dory to victory with coal shovels, during a race with the crew of Margaret (SP-527) at Horta, Fayal, Azores, on Christmas Day, 25 December 1917. Photographed by Raymond D. Borden. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 46598.
K-6 69k K-6 (SS-37) moored to a buoy at Horta, Fayal, Azores, in January 1918, with a boat alongside. Photographed from Margaret (SP-527), by Raymond D. Borden. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 52394.
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), December 31, 1919. Photo added 02/21/08.
K-6 55k K-6 (SS-37) in port, during the early 1920s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 52381, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.
K-6 137k K-6 (SS-37), crew photo, date and place unknown. USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
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