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Schley / AA-1 / T-1 (SF-1) (SS-52)

Radio Call Sign: November - India - Lima - Bravo
T Class Submarine: Laid down, 21 June 1916, as Schley (Submarine No. 52), at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Renamed AA-1, 23 August 1917; Launched, 25 July 1918; Commissioned, USS AA-1, 30 January 1920; Designated (SF-1), 20 July 1920; Renamed USS T-1 (SF-1), 20 September 1920; Decommissioned, 5 December 1922, at Sub Base Hampton Roads, VA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 19 September 1930; Final Disposition, broken up and hulk sold for scrap, 20 November 1930.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,107 t., Submerged: 1,482 t.; Length 268' 9"; Beam 22' 10"; Draft 14' 2"; Speed, Surfaced 20 kts, Submerged 10.5 kts; Depth Limit 150'; Complement 4 Officers, 34 Enlisted; Armament, six 21", torpedo tubes, 16 torpedoes, two 3"/23 deck guns; Propulsion, diesel-electric, New London Ship & Engine Co, diesel engine, 4,000 hp, Fuel Capacity, 23,602 gal., Electro Dynamic Co, electric motors, 1,350 hp, Battery Cells, 120, twin propellers.
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T-1 106k Ships fitting out at the Fore River shipyard, 19 March 1918. The six destroyers are Little (DD-79), Kimberly (DD-80), Sigourney (DD-81), Gregory (DD-82), Colhoun (DD-85) and Stevens (DD-86), which had builder's hull numbers 274-277 and 280-281 respectively. The freighter at right is Katrina Luckenbach, yard hull # 267, which served as Katrina Luckenbach in 1918-19. Most of the equipment on the pier is for her. Note the large submarine being built in the background, under the revolving crane.
It is probably S-1 (SS-105) or one of the AA-1 class: The AA-1 (SS-52), T-2 (SS-60) or T-3 (SS-61). 		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 43022. Photo added 10/03/07.
T-1 78k Fore River Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts. Destroyers fitting out on 20 June 1918. Murray (DD-97) is in the foreground, with Stribling (DD-96) outboard. In the middle distance are Bell (DD-95), with Dyer (DD-84) inboard of her. These four destroyers had builder's hull numbers 303, 302, 301 and 279, respectively, and these numbers are painted in small numerals on the ships' bows.
A submarine is on the building ways in the background, under the large crane. It is probably S-1 (SS-105) or one of the AA-1 class: The AA-1 (SS-52), T-2 (SS-60) or T-3 (SS-61). 		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 43024. Photo added 10/03/07.
T-1 34k AA-1 (SS-52) as designed, had single 3-in/23 guns fore & aft on disappearing mounts & pairs of twin trainable torpedo tubes fore & aft of the bridge structure. The 3-in guns apparently were never installed; by 1920 the boat had a 4-in/50. Drawing by Jim Christley, text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
T-1 61k AA-1 (SS-52) , underway, 8 September 1919, prior to commissioning, off Provinctown Mass. US National Archives photo # 19-N-2479, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
T-1 76k Off Provinctown Mass., on 8 September 1919, AA-1 (SS-52) , shows the opening for a pair of torpedo tubes abaft her bridge fairwater. At this time, she had not yet been fitted with a 4-in deck gun. Photo courtesy of Submarine Force Museum & Library, text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
T-1 22k The AA-1 (SS-52) makes its way, possibly off Provinctown, Mass. early in her career. US Navy photo courtesy of Robert Hurst. Text courtesy of DANFS.
(K-2, T1 & 3) 27k Circa post 1920 photo of the K-2 (SS-33), T-1(SS-52) & T-3 (SS-61). In the foreground is another unidentified K-boat. The T-1 has a canvas covering over her deck gun. Note differences in the construction of the T-1 & T-3conning tower fairwaters. Photo & text courtesy of Ric Hedman.
T-1 98k AA-1 (SS-52) fires a torpedo from her trainable deck tube. Photo courtesy of Submarine Force Museum & Library, text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
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