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M-1 (SS-47)

Radio Call Sign: November - Yankee - Yankee

M-1 Class Submarine: Laid down, 2 July 1914, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.,; Launched, 14 September 1915; Commissioned, USS M-1, 16 February 1918; Designated (SS-47), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 15 March 1922, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition, scrapped , 25 September 1922, to J. G. Hitner, Philadelphia, Pa.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 488 t., Submerged: 676 t..; Length 196' 3"; Beam 14' 9"; Draft 11'; 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 & Engine Co, diesel engines, 840 hp, Fuel Capacity, 28,442 gal., Electro Dynamic Co, electric motors, 680 hp, Battery Cells, 120, single propeller.

Size	Image Description	Contributed by/ Source
198k	M-1 (SS-47), was E.B.'s first U.S. double-hull submarine. The company had already designed a larger double-hull boat for Russia. (EB 31A design, *Narwhal class; M-1* had a similar stern, unlike those of standard E.B. single-hull submarines, with a single rudder and propellers well below the axis of the hull. Unlike Lake's stern, the stern on *M-1* had a vertical chisel shape, much like contemporary crusier sterns (but not raked forward). The 3-in/23 gun is shown set up on deck. A WW I British observer, Stanley Goodall (later Director of Naval Construction Sir Stanley) found crew accomodation particularly comfortable, with cots (bunks) three high, light & easily stowed. The boat was heated and had an ice tank (i.e. refrigerator), but she seemed crowded. Early in 1918 the existing Gould batteries had already been found unsatisfactory, and were being replaced by thin-plated Exides.	Drawing by Jim Christley. Text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
214k	Cross sections of M-1 (SS-47), illustrate E.B.'s approach to double hull submarine design. At left is a structural drawing of the boat's midship cross section, with the safety tank shaded in. At right are cross sections at the engine room (top) and at the crew's quarters (below, where the battery is cross-hatched).	Drawing by Jim Christley. Text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
55k	M-1 (SS-47), underway during acceptance trials, off Provincetown, MA., 26 June 1916.	US National Archives photo # 19-N-12791, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
102k	Starboard side view of the M-1 (SS-47), underway at 11.57 knots during acceptance trials, off Provincetown, MA., 30 June 1916.	US Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
60k	The M-1 (SS-47) excerises off the East Coast following her commissioning on 16 February 1918.	US Navy photo by Underwood & Underwood, courtesy of Jack Treutle.
35k	The M-1 (SS-47) excerises off East Coast sometime following her commissioning on 16 February 1918.	Photo copyright by E. Muller, Jr. from Jane's Fighting Ships, 1919, courtesy of Robert Hurst. Photo added 04/21/08.
107k	The M-1 (SS-47) after arriving from New London, CT., possibly after 16 February 1918.	US Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Partial text courtesy of DANFS.

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