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H-4 (SS-147)

H-4 Class Submarine: Built by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT., for Imperial Russian Govt; Acquired by US Navy; Laid down, 12 May 1918, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.; Launched, 9 October 1918; Commissioned, USS H-4, 24 October 1918; Redesignated USS H-4 (SS-147), 15 July 1920; Decommissioned, 25 October 1922, at Norfolk, VA.; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, 26 February 1931; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 14 September 1931.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 358 t., Submerged: 467 t..; Length 150' 4" ; Beam 15' 10"; Draft 15' 10"; Speed, surfaced 14 kts, submerged 10.5 kts; Depth Limit 200'; Complement 2 Officers, 23 Enlisted; Armament, four 18" torpedo tubes, 8 torpedoes; Propulsion, diesel electric, New London Ship and Engine Co., diesel engines, 960 hp, Fuel Capacity, 11,800 gal.; Electro Dynamic Co., electric motors, 600 hp, Battery Cells, 120, single propeller.

Size	Image Description	Source
72k	H-4 (SS-147) on launch day, Oct. 9, 1918 at Bremerton Naval Shipyard.	US Navy photo provided by Rick Larson MMCM (SS) (ret.) courtesy of Ric Hedman.
82k	H-4 (SS-147) portside view under way, probably off San Pedro, CA., 1918. Stationed at San Pedro, Calif., first with SubDiv 6 and then SubDiv 7, *H-4* participated in various battle and training exercises along the West Coast with her sister *H-class* boats. These exercises were interrupted by occasional patrol duty off Santa Catalina Island and periodic overhauls at Mare Island.	US Navy photo # 19-N-20296, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham. Text courtesy of DANFS.
90k	San Pedro, Calif. submarine base. From inboard to outboard: F-2 (SS-21), L-6 (SS-45), & what appears to be H-6 (SS-149)?, H-4 (SS-147), R-7 (SS-84). Photo is at or after 30 June 1921 through 1 July 1922. The *R-7* had arrived from the Panama Canal then and the *L-6* was placed in commission, in ordinary, 24 March 1922; returned to full commission 1 July; and sailed for the east coast the same month. All the *H-class* boats left on 25 July 1922 for the east coast as well. Notice that the other boats seem higher out of the water, which is indicative of the *H-class* boats which had a higher beam than the *F & L-classes*. The boats behind this group are too far away to i.d. properly.	US Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. Photo i.d. courtesy of Ric Hedmen. Photo added 07/14/06.
53k	H-4 (SS-147) at Mare Island for a refit, circa 1918-22.	US Navy photo courtesy of subnet.com.

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