 USS L-1 running trials
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS L-1 |
| Builder | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 13 April 1914 |
| Launched | 20 January 1915 |
| Commissioned | 11 April 1916 |
| Decommissioned | 7 April 1922 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 31 July 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | L-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 167 ft 5 in (51.03 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft 5 in (5.31 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 7 in (4.14 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric |
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| Complement | 28 officers and men |
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USS L-1 (SS-40) was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 13 April 1914 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 20 January 1915 sponsored by Mrs. Freeland A. Daubin, and commissioned on 11 April 1916 with Lieutenant Junior Grade Freeland A. Daubin[1] in command.
- ^ Daubin would later command Submarine Squadron Four in Manila and eventually became COMSUBLANT. Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory (New York, 1976), pp.82-3 and 263.