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N-6 (SS-58)

Radio Call Sign: November - Zulu - Juliet

N-4 Class Submarine: Laid down, 15 April 1915, at Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, CT.; Launched, 21 April 1917; Commissioned, USS N-6, 9 July 1918; Designated (SS-58), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 16 February 1922, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.; Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1922; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 31 July 1922 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA.

Specifications: Displacement, surfaced: 340 t., submerged: 415 t.; Length 147' 3"; Beam 14' 6"; Draft 12' 4"; Speed, surfaced 13 kts, submerged 11 kts; Maximum Depth 200'; Complement 3 Officers, 26 Enlisted; Armament, four 18" torpedo tubes, eight torpedoes; Propulsion, diesel-electric, , Busch Sulzer Brothers Diesel Engine Co., diesel engines, 600 hp, Fuel Capacity, 5,976 gals., Diehl Manufacture Co. electric motors, 300 hp, Battery Cells 120, single screw.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
114k	Port side surface view of the N-6 (SS-58) official trials at Provincetown, Mass.,April 16, 1918. This was her 12th run at a speed of 10.5 knots.	US Navy photo # 19-N-902, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
114k	Port side surface view of the N-6 (SS-58) during official trials at Provincetown, Mass.,April 16, 1918.This was her 4th run at a speed of 11.79 knots.	US Navy photo # 19-N-898, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
77k	Starboard side surface view of the N-6 (SS-58) during official trials at Provincetown, Mass.,April 16, 1918. This was her 5th run at a speed of 13.7 knots.	US Navy photo # 19-N-899, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
94k	Portside side surface view of the N-6 (SS-58) during official trials at Provincetown, Mass.,April 16, 1918. This was her 8th run at a speed of 10.5 knots.	US Navy photo # 19-N-900, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
90k	Portside side surface view of the N-6 (SS-58) during official trials at Provincetown, Mass.,April 16, 1918. This was her 10th run at a speed of 10.5 knots.	US Navy photo # 19-N-901, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
79k	View of the N-6 (SS-58) at periscope depth during official trials at Provincetown, Mass.,April 16, 1918. This submerged run was at a speed of 8.125 knots.	US Navy photo # 19-N-896, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
98k	View of the N-6 (SS-58) at periscope depth during official trials at Provincetown, Mass.,April 16, 1918. This submerged run was at a speed of 6 knots.	US Navy photo # 19-N-897, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
141k	N-6 (SS-58) dockside at Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, CT., July 9, 1917.	US Navy photo # 19-N-863, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
122k	Stern view of the N-6 (SS-58) & N-7 (SS-59) dockside at Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, CT., October 1, 1917.	US Navy photo # 19-N-867, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.

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