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H-7 (SS-150)

Radio Call Sign: November - Echo - Sierra - Juliet
H-4 Class Submarine:Built by the British Pacific Construction and Engineering Company, Vancouver, Canada for Imperial Russian Government; Acquired by US Navy 20 May 1918; Reassembled at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.; Laid down, 15 May 1918; Launched, 17 October 1918; Commissioned, USS H-7, 24 October 1918; Redesignated USS H-7 (SS-150), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 23 October 1922, at Norfolk, VA.; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, 26 February 1931; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 28 November 1933.
Partial data submitted by Yves Hubert & Thomas Lee, Managing Editor Undersea Warfare Magazine

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, twin propellers.
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H-4 489k 4 photo PDF showing H-4 (SS-147) with General Arrangement, Outboard Profile; Superstructure, Inboard Profile; Battery Deck & Various Sections, 1918.National Archives Identifier: 75841758
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
4 Hs 673k H-boats in frame at Bremerton Naval Shipyard, approximately 23 May 1918.
From the back right; H-4 (SS-147). In front is the H-5 (SS-148). To the left of the H-4 is the H-7 (SS-150). To the left of the H-5 is the H-6 (SS-149). H-8 (SS-151) and H-9 (SS-152) are not seen. Under the boom of the crane is the just about finished O-2 (SS-63), soon to be launched.		This is from a negative from the personal collection of Ric Hedman and acquired through Bill Lightfoot's research library, which he gave to me; he is the author of Beneath the Surface: World War I Submarines Built in Seattle and Vancouver.
H-7 41k H-7 (SS-150) under construction at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA. 1918. USN photo courtesy of Ric Hedman.
H-7 38k The launching of the H-7 (SS-150) at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA., 17 October 1918. USN photo courtesy of subnet.com.
H-7 62k H-7 (SS-150) on maneuvers, off San Pedro, CA., 1918. The submarine, attached to SubDiv 6 and later to SubDiv 7, operated out of San Pedro on various battle and training exercises with the other ships of her division. She also patrolled out of San Pedro with interruptions for overhaul at Mare Island. USN photo # 19-N-20294, from (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
H-7 587k H-7 (SS-150) geting into the movies. Photo courtesy of Reginald Flemming Landrum via Lillie Bavendam.
H-7 327k H-7 (SS-150) and another H-boat in overhaul at San Pedro, CA. Photo courtesy of Reginald Flemming Landrum via Lillie Bavendam.
H-7 319k H-7 (SS-150) and another H-boat in overhaul at San Pedro, CA. Photo courtesy of Reginald Flemming Landrum via Lillie Bavendam.
H-7 319k Stern view of the H-7 (SS-150) in overhaul at San Pedro, CA. Photo courtesy of Reginald Flemming Landrum via Lillie Bavendam.
H-7 319k Stern view of the H-7 (SS-150) in overhaul at San Pedro, CA. Photo courtesy of Reginald Flemming Landrum via Lillie Bavendam.
H-boats 2.84k Two views of an unidentified H boat at Johnson Wharf. Photo i.d. courtesy of Ric Hedman.
Photos # CVA 260-80 & 260-94 courtesy of James Crookall via searcharchives.vancouver.ca courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired).
H-7 410k H-7 (SS-150) and H-5 (SS-148) in tandem off the California coast. USN photo courtesy of David Buell.
H-7 236k H and L class submarines berth in San Pedro.
From Back to front & L-R: H-6 (SS-149), L-5 (SS-44), H-7 (SS-150), H-3 (SS-30) in back berth. The H-4 (SS-147) is moored alongside the pier, ahead of her is a row with at least 2 submarines, the H-5 (SS-148) on the left & what might be either the L-6 (SS-45) or L-7 (SS-46) alongside.
The photo appeared in the LA Times on 20 February 1920. The LA Water & Power states that the San Pedro submarine base closed in 1923. 		Text i.d. courtesy of Ric Hednan .
Photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
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0804409		 NR WIRELESS SAYS SUBMARINES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR
A1l twelve of the submarines en route from Los Angeles to Hampton Roads, Va., under convoy of the tender Beaver (AS-5), were said at the local submarine base to be accounted for this morning. 		Image and text provided by University of Florida.
Photo & text by The Lakeland Evening Telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 29 July 1922, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
graveyard shiftNRStarting a 5,000-mile journey, which will end at their own graveyard,twelve H and L type submarines left the Navy base at San Pedro, CA, recently, bound for Hampton Roads, VA. through the Panama Canal. Upon arrival on the East coast they are to be decommissioned and cut up for scrap iron.
Eleven of the boats were:
H-2 (SS-29),
H-3 (SS-30),
L-5 (SS-44),
L-6 (SS-45),
L-7 (SS-46),
H-4 (SS-147),
H-5 (SS-148),
H-6 (SS-149),
H-7 (SS-150),
H-8 (SS-151),
H-9 (SS-152).
Image and text provided by Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA
Photo from The Weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 19 August 1922, Image 2, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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