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O-1 (SS-62)

O Class Submarine: Laid down, 26 March 1917, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 9 October 1918; Commissioned, USS O-1, 5 November 1918; Designated (SS-62), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 11 June 1931, at Sub Base New London, CT.; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, 18 March 1938; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 March 1938.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 521 t., Submerged: 629 t.; Length 172' 4"; Beam 18' 0"; Draft 14' 5"; Speed, Surfaced 14 kts, Submerged 10.5 kts; Operational Depth Limit 200 ft; Complement 2 Officers 27 Enlisted; Armament, four 18", torpedo tubes, 8 torpedoes, one 3"/23 deck gun; Propulsion, diesel-electric, New England Ship and Engine Co, diesels, 880 hp, Fuel Capacity, 21,897 gal.; New York Navy Yard electric motors, 740 hp, Battery Cells 120, single propeller.
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L-8 / O-193k Keel laying ceremony for the O-1 (SS-62) at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 26 March 1917. L-8 (SS-48) is under construction in the left background. She was launched on 23 April 1917. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 46543. Photo added 06 March 06.
O-1 103k 0-1's (SS-62) Sponsor poses with her bouquet, just before christening the submarine, at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, on 9 July 1918. Just to the right is Rear Admiral Clifford J. Boush, Commandant of the Navy Yard. To the left, in white uniform, is Rear Admiral Spencer S. Woods, Commandant of the First Naval District. Note sign in the upper left: "The American People Want Ships ... Not Excuses".
US Navy photo # NH 46710, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
O-1 104k The 0-class (SS-61/77) reverted to the sort of dimensions developed in the K-boats (SS-31/39) & L-boats (SS-40/46-48/51). E.B.'s 0-1 (SS-62), is shown; note that, like the K-boats, (but not the L-boats), she has a bow cap for her torpedo tubes.
 		Drawing by Jim Christley, text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
O-1 101k 0-1 (SS-62) , at left being prepared for launching at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 8 July 1918. She was launched on the following day. At right, also under construction in the wooden shiphouse, is S-3 (SS-107).
 		US Navy photo # NH 46709, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
O-1 108k 0-1 (SS-62) in drydock at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, on 5 September 1918.
US Navy photo # NH 46712, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
O-1 110k 0-1 (SS-62) in drydock at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, November 1918. Note the submarine's rudder, after diving planes and starboard propeller. The dry dock is being filled.
US Navy photo # NH 46713, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
O-1 52k 0-1 (SS-62) underway, probably in 1918.
Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini, 1990. US Navy photo # NH 99962, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
O-1 90k Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina. Seven O-boats in drydock, circa 1919. 0-1 (SS-62) is in the foreground. O-3 (SS-64) is next astern, to left. O-10 (SS-71) is the most distant, in the right center. Outside the drydock (center background) are three destroyers, one of which is Terry (DD-25), and Asheville (PG-21), which is under construction. The drydock is being filled.
US Navy photo # NH 60279, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
O-1 137k Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina. Seven O-boats in drydock, circa 1919. 0-1 (SS-62) is in the foreground. O-3 (SS-64) is next astern, to left. O-10 (SS-71) is the most distant, in the right center. Outside the drydock (center background) are three destroyers, one of which is Terry (DD-25), and Asheville (PG-21), which is under construction. The drydock is being filled.
US Navy photo # NH 42565, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
O-1 128k Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina. Seven O-boats in drydock, circa 1919. O-10 (SS-71) is in the foreground. The most distant "boats" are O-1 (SS-62) , and O-3 (SS-64). The drydock is in the process of being filled.
US Navy photo # NH 42564, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
O-1 76k In drydock at Portsmouth, N.H., 5 September 1918, O-1 (SS-62) displays the standard Holland (E.B.) stern, nearly symmetrical around the long axis of the hull, with identical rudders top & bottom, and with propellers set in line with the axis of the hull. Note the massive skeg among the top of the hull, aft.
Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
O-boats 85k Submarine Division 8, Commander Guy E. Davis commanding. Nine of the Division's ten O-boats at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 16 August 1921. Panoramic photograph by Crosby, "Naval Photographer", 11 Portland Street, Boston. Submarines in the front row are (from left to right): O-3 (SS-64), O-6 (SS-67), O-9 (SS-70) and O-1 (SS-62). Those in the second row are (from left to right): O-7 (SS-68), unidentified (either O-2 or O-8), O-5 (SS-66), O-10(SS-71) and O-4 (SS-65). Large four-stacked ship in the left center distance is the U.S. Army Transport Mount Vernon.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 103193.
O-1 75k Broadside view of theO-1 (SS-62), at the New York Navy Yard, November 1922.
 		US Navy photo # 19-N-8883, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
O-1 57k O-1 (SS-62), taken 30 April 1927 at Portsmouth, NH Naval Shipyard.
US Navy photo from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
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