USS H-5

USS H-5 underway, circa 1922
History
United States
Name	H-5
Ordered	by the Imperial Russian Navy, 1915
Builder	Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington
Laid down	12 May 1918
Launched	24 September 1918
Acquired	20 May 1918
Commissioned	30 September 1918
Decommissioned	20 October 1922
Reclassified	Hull number: SS-148, 17 July 1920
Stricken	26 February 1931
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 28 November 1933
General characteristics
Class and type	H-class submarine
Displacement	358 long tons (364 t) surfaced 467 long tons (474 t) submerged
Length	150 ft 4 in (45.82 m)
Beam	15 ft 10 in (4.83 m)
Draft	12 ft 5 in (3.78 m)
Installed power	950 hp (710 kW) (diesel engines) 340 hp (250 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion	2 × New London Ship & Engine Co. diesel engines 2 × Electro Dynamic Co. electric motors
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Range	2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) on the surface 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth	200 ft (61 m)
Complement	25 officers and men
Armament	4 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

USS H-5 (SS-148) was a H-class submarine originally built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Six of these were not delivered pending the outcome of the Russian Revolution of 1917 before being purchased by the United States Navy on 20 May 1918.