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H-9 (SS-152)

H-4 Class Submarine: Built by the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT., for Imperial Russian Govt; Acquired by US Navy; Laid down, 1 June 1918, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.; Launched, 23 November 1918; Commissioned, USS H-9, 25 November 1918; Redesignated USS H-9 (SS-152), 15 July 1920; Decommissioned, 3 November 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.

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
77k	H-9 (SS-152) launching day, November 23, 1918 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.	US Navy photo courtesy of Ric Hedman.
51k	H-3 (SS-30) on the left, possibly with the H-9 (SS-152), on the right & Cheyenne (M-10) in the background at Bremerton, WA., circa 1918-22.	US Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. Photo added 07/14/06.
94k	H-9 (SS-152) on maneuvers, probably in the Pacific, possibly circa early 20's.	US Navy photo # 19-N-20292, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
69k	H-9 (SS-152), submerging, circa 1922.	USNHC photo # NH 53612.
31k	H-9 (SS-152), H-6 (SS-149) & H-5 (SS-148) at San Pedro, CA. circa early 1920's. The two left hand boats can't be positively identified as *H-class* submarines. The men have been doing their laundry and it is drying in the sunshine. The notation on the back of the photo says these boats are moored at "Berth 'M' Pedro".	US Navy photo courtesy of Ric Hedman.

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