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AA-2 / T-2 (SF-2) (SS-60)

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Bravo - Bravo

T Class Submarine: Laid down, as AA-2, 31 May 1917, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 6 September 1919; Designated AA-2 (SF-2), 17 July 1920; Renamed T-2, 22 September 1920; Commissioned USS T-2 (SF-2), 7 January 1922, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.; Decommissioned, 16 July 1923, at Sub Base Hampton Roads, VA.; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet at Norfolk, VA, later moved to Philadelphia; 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.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By/ Source
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.
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.
109k	T-2 (SS-60) was redesigned during WW I with a pair of 4-in/50 deck guns, but only the forward gun was ever installed. Note the circular plate of a Fessenden oscillator below her waterline, and a Y-tube on deck. The inboard profile shows the unfortunate tandem diesel power plant.	Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
35k	The T-2 (SS-60) being launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA., 6 September 1919.	US Navy photo courtesy of Ric Hedman.
183k	The T-boats (SS-52-60/61) were conceived as fleet submarines. Although their hulls were considered successful, they failed utterly because their complex power palnts were unreliable. T-2 (SS-60) is shown here. During WW I she was modified (while under construction) with a big 4-in/50 gun.	US Navy photo courtesy of usssubvetsofwwii.org. Text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.

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