Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster.
Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

N-7 (SS-59)

Radio Call Sign: November - Zulu - Kilo
N-4 Class Submarine: Laid down, 20 April 1915, at Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, CT.; Launched, 19 May 1917; Commissioned, USS N-7, 15 June 1918; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, 7 June 1920; Designated (SS-59), 17 July 1920; Put into New London to have her main engines removed and transferred to L-9 (SS-49); Ordered to be sold 5 April 1922; Departing 27 January 1922, tug Lykens (AT-56) towed the hulk of N-7 to Philadelphia; Decommissioned, 7 February 1922, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.; Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 5 June 1922 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA.
Partial data submitted by Yves Hubert.

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.
Click On Image
For Full Size		Size Image Description Source
N-5 & 7 107k Bow view tied up to dock, from left to right:N-7 (SS-59) & N-5 (SS-57) at Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, CT., 7 July 1917. USN photo # 19-N-853, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
N-6 & 7 122k Stern view of the N-6 (SS-58) & N-7 (SS-59) dockside at Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, CT., 1 October 1917. USN photo # 19-N-867, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
R-24 134k PDF entitled "How the Diesel engine came to America." Photo courtesy of subvetpaul.com.
N-7 68k N-7 (SS-59) , with other N-boats at Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, CT., 1 April 1918. USN photo # 19-N-886, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
N-7 72k Crew members pose beside and on N-7's (SS-59) fairwater, at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, circa late 1918. Among the several other submarines present are "boats" of the "H" and "D" types. USNHC photograph # NH 104997. Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.
N-7 60k Crewmembers pose beside and on N-7's (SS-59) fairwater, while she was at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, circa late 1918. USNHC photograph # NH 104994. Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.
N-7 60k G-3 (SS-31), left and N-7 (SS-59) at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, circa late 1918. Note the hinged flap covering the muzzle of G-3's port after torpedo tube (right foreground). USNHC photograph # NH 104986. Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.
N-7 74k N-7 (SS-59) at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, circa late 1918. USNHC photograph # NH 104984. Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.
N-7 64k N-7 (SS-59) at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, circa late 1918. USNHC photograph # NH 104985. Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.
N-7 67k Scene in her torpedo room, showing the breeches of her four 18-inch torpedo tubes. Taken circa late 1918, while she was based at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut. USNHC photograph # NH 104995. Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.
N-7 50k Scene in N-7's (SS-59) control room, circa late 1918, while she was based at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut. USNHC photograph # NH 104996. Photograph from the album of Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Edward D. Porges. Donated by his daughter, Gail Porges Guggenheim, 2007.
N-7 74k N-7 (SS-59) , with crew on deck, underway, 1919.
Returning to New London 24 October, 1918 N-7 remained there until 21 June 1919, when she sailed to Philadelphia for extensive overhaul. 		USN photo # 19-N-14717, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham. Text courtesy of DANFS.
N-7 79k N-7 (SS-59) Officers and Crew on deck, at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, 1919. USNHC photograph # NH 45633.
Lake Boats 122k Lake boats show their distinctive sterns at Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1919: O-boats, inboard O-12 (SS-73), outboard O-14 (SS-75), middle boat,N-7 (SS-59) and two other unidentified boats.
After WW I the U.S. Navy standardized on Lake's flat stern, whose buoyancy kept the propellers and diving planes down in the water.		 Photo i.d. courtesy of David Johnston
Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
N-7 103k Portside view of the N-7 (SS-59) , underway in harbor, circa 1918-22, location unknown. USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
View the N-7 (SS-59)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable to this Vessel
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
PigBoats.COM TM, a Historic Look at Submarines
Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Submarine Index
Problems and site related matters, E-mail Webmaster
This page is created by Gary Priolo and maintained by Michael Mohl
All Pages © 1996 - 2024 NavSource History