USS K-1 (SS-32) underway in 1916
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Class overview | |
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Name | K class |
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Operators | United States Navy |
Preceded by | H class |
Succeeded by | L class |
Built | 1912–1914 |
In commission | 1914–1923 |
Completed | 8 |
Retired | 8 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
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Length | 153 ft 7 in (46.81 m) |
Beam | 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) |
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Test depth | 200 ft (61 m) |
Complement | 28 officers and men |
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The K-class submarines were a class of eight submarines of the United States Navy, serving between 1914 and 1923, including World War I. They were designed by Electric Boat and were built by other yards under subcontracts. K-1, K-2, K-5, and K-6 were built by Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, K-3, K-7, and K-8 by Union Iron Works in San Francisco, and K-4 by The Moran Company in Seattle, Washington. All were decommissioned in 1923 and scrapped in 1931 to comply with the limits of the London Naval Treaty.