USS G-1 soon after launching, in 1911
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Class overview | |
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Name | G class |
Builders | |
Operators | United States Navy |
Preceded by | F class |
Succeeded by | H class |
Built | 1909–1913 |
In commission | 1912–1921 |
Completed | 4 |
Retired | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 157–161 ft (48–49 m) |
Beam | 13–17 ft (4.0–5.2 m) |
Draft | 11–12 ft (3.4–3.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 200 ft (61 m) |
Complement | 24-26 officers and men |
Armament |
The G-class submarines were a class of four United States Navy submarines. While the four G boats were nominally all of a class, they differed enough in significant details that they are sometimes considered to be four unique boats, each in a class by herself.[1] They were the result of agitation (presumably from industry and Congress) for competition in submarine design; all previous US submarines were designed by Electric Boat.[2] G-1, G-2, and G-3 were designed by Simon Lake of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company, while G-4 was designed by American Laurenti. G-1 and G-2 were built by Newport News, G-3 by Lake (completed at the New York Navy Yard due to Lake's temporary dissolution),[3] and G-4 by Cramp.[2]