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L-2 (SS-41)

Radio Call Sign: November - Yankee - Oscar
L-1 Class Submarine: Laid down, 19 March 1914, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 11 February 1915; Commissioned, USS L-2, 29 September 1916; Designated (SS-42), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 4 May 1923, at Hampton Roads, VA.; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 28 November 1933.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 450 t., Submerged: 548 t..; Length 167' 5"; Beam 17' 5"; Draft 13' 7"; Speed, Surfaced 14 kts, Submerged 10.5 kts; Depth Limit 200'; Complement 2 Officers, 26 Enlisted; Armament, four 18", torpedo tubes, 8 torpedoes, one 3"/23 deck gun; Propulsion, diesel-electric, New London Ship and Engine Co. diesel engine, HP 900, Fuel Capacity, 18,977 gal., Electro Dynamic Co. electric motor, HP 680, Battery Cells 120, single propeller.
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SS-4176k L-2 (SS-41), afloat immediately after her launching, at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, on 11 February 1915.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, # NH 51122.
SS-4180k L-2 (SS-41) making 14 knots while running trials off Provincetown, Massachusetts. Though the original print bears a date of March 1915, this photograph was probably taken later, perhaps in March 1916.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph # NH 51153, now in the collections of the National Archives, courtesy of U.S. Naval Historical Center.
L-4 101k L-2 (SS-41), off Provincetown, Mass., circa 1915-16. USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
SS-4164k Bow view of the L-2 (SS-41) off Provincetown, Mass., circa 1915-16.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, courtesy of USNI.
L-boats46k"Officials of the City of Havana leaving the submarine L-2 (SS-41) after a ceremonious visit to a group of L-boats of the U.S. submarine division on it's recent visit to the Cuban capital. Said to have been the first time American submarines have visited that city."
Photo by Underwood & Underwood, courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Text courtesy of N.Y. Times, 14 January 1917, Page 3.
Pennell 127k What looks to be L-class (SS-40/51) submarines in dry dock, by the artist Joseph Pennell, 1917. Photo # 3c19552v, LC-USZ62-119552. Photograph courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Photo added 11/20/08.
NEVADA 65k A Mackay style camouflage Tonopah (M-8) taken while she was serving as submarine tender at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 21 December 1917. The submarine alongside is probably an early L-boat; L-1 (SS-41) or L-4 (SS-45). (Note the misspelling in the caption). U.S. Navy photo courtesy of National Park Service, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS cat. no. BOSTS-14445, submitted by Stephen P. Carlson, Preservation Specialist, Boston NHP, Charlestown Navy Yard. Photo i.d. courtesy of Aryeh Wetherhorn.
SS-4180k L-2 (SS-41) in Bantry Bay, Ireland, in 1918. A copy of this photograph in the collection of Vice Admiral Paul F. Foster, USNR (Retired),L-2's World War I Commanding Officer, has the following caption: "The L-2 in Bantry Bay, Ireland, after encounter with the German Submarine UB-65 on July 10, 1918 off Fastnet Light, Ireland, which resulted in the sunking of the UB-65."
Official U.S. Navy Photograph # NH 51121, now in the collections of the National Archives, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
SS-41115k U.S. National Ensign flown by L-2 (SS-41) during her 10 July 1918 encounter with the German submarine UB-65 off Fasnet Light, Ireland. UB-65 was sunk on this occasion. L-2 was commanded at that time by Lieutenant Paul F. Foster, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, # NH 102786. Collection Vice Admiral Paul F. Foster, USNR, donated by his estate in 1976.
L-Boats101k Bushnell (AS-2) lifting L-2 (SS-41) partially out of the water, while in an Irish port during World War I. Moored to Bushnell's port side are (from left to right):
L-4 (SS-43),
L-1 (SS-40),
& L-9 (SS-49).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph # NH 61684, now in the collections of the National Archives. Courtesy of U.S. Naval Historical Center.
SS-51,50,40, 49 & 4189k L-boats alongside Bushnell (AS-2) at Bantry Bay, Ireland, in 1918. These submarines are, from left to right:
unidentified submarine;
L-11 (SS-51),
L-10 (SS-50),
L-1 (SS-40),
L-9 (SS-49) &
L-2 (SS-41).
Identification marks painted on these "boats"' fairwaters include the letter "A", to distinguish them from British L-boats .
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, # NH 51172.
SS-51,50,40, 49 & 4184k L-boats alongside Bushnell (AS-2) at Bantry Bay, Ireland, in 1918. These submarines are, from left to right:
unidentified submarine;
L-11 (SS-51),
L-10 (SS-50),
L-1 (SS-40),
L-9 (SS-49) &
L-2 (SS-41).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # 80-G-1024919, now in the collections of the National Archives. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
L-4 113k In the foreground is L-4 (SS-43), while just visible in the background is the conning tower of L-2 (SS-41), probably off Ireland, 1918. Vance Adams for his father, Lt. Vance Adams USN Ret (deceased).
SS-4184k View of the U-124's 15cm/45 (5.9") deck gun, photographed in an English port by N.R. George, circa late 1918. L-2 (SS-41), is in the immediate background.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, # NH 92826. Donation of Ted Stone, 1981.
SS-4171k The L-2 (SS-41) probably off Ireland, 1918.
US Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
SS-4189k L-class class submarines tied up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, with a harbor tug outboard, circa February 1919. Submarines are (from left to right):
L-3 (SS-42);
L-9 (SS-49);
L-11 (SS-51); and
L-2 (SS-41).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, # NH 51167.
SS-4177k L-11 (SS-51) with crew members on deck, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, circa February 1919. L-2 (SS-41), is in the immediate background.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, # NH 51178.
SS-41116k L-11 (SS-51) at left, and L-2 (SS-41), docking at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, assisted by a harbor tug, circa February 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, # NH 51176.
SS-4180k L-2 (SS-41) off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, circa February 1919.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 51120, now in the collections of the National Archives.Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
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