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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 137k K-6 (SS-37), crew photo, taken between 26 March / 12 December 1914. USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
K-6 774k OLD AND NEW
America's first battleship, the Constitution, and the navy's latest acquisitions, the submarines K-5 (SS-36) and K-6 (SS-37), lying side by side in the Charlestown navy yard.		Photo by International News Service.
Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO.
Photo from The Hayti Herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 03 December 1914, Image 9, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
PDF added 12/05/10.
K-619kLt. J. O. Fisher in command of the K-6 (SS-37). Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
Photo from The Lehi Banner. (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 12 December 1914, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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-6 462k ONE OF THE LARGEST UNITED STATES SUBMARINES.
The K-6 (SS-37), of the Atlantic fleet, led the squadron which came up the Hudson River for the great review to take place 17 May.		Photo by Underwood & Underwood.
Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 11 May 1915, Night Extra, Image 16, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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-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-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-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. Note the dog. Photographed by Raymond D. Borden. 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), 31 December 1919.
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 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 117k 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 843k One of the mother ships of Uncle Sam's navy the Camden (AS-6), and her nine undersea kittens, a formidable flotilla 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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