USS K-6

Stern view of the K-6 (SS-37) at Horta, Fayal, Azores, in December 1917
History
United States
Name	K-6
Builder	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	19 June 1912
Launched	26 March 1914
Commissioned	9 September 1914
Decommissioned	21 May 1923
Reclassified	SS-37, 17 July 1920
Stricken	18 December 1930
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 3 June 1931
General characteristics
Type	K-class submarine
Displacement	392 long tons (398 t) surfaced 521 long tons (529 t) submerged
Length	153 ft 7 in (46.81 m)
Beam	16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
Draft	13 ft 1 in (3.99 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Complement	28 officers and men
Armament	4 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

USS K-6 (SS-37) was a K-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 26 March 1914, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas Gaines Roberts, and commissioned on 9 September at Boston, Massachusetts.