USS M-1

USS M-1
Class overview
NameM class
Builders
Operators United States Navy
Preceded byL class
Succeeded byAA-1 class
Built1914
In service1915-1922
In commission1918–1922
History
United States
NameUSS M-1
Builder
Laid down2 July 1914
Launched14 September 1915
Commissioned16 February 1918
Decommissioned15 March 1922
Stricken16 March 1922
FateSold for scrap, 25 September 1922
General characteristics
Class and typeSubmarine
Displacement
  • 488 long tons (496 t) (surfaced)
  • 676 long tons (687 t) (submerged)
Length197 ft (60 m)
Beam19 ft (5.8 m)
Draft11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) surfaced
  • 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Range2,750 nmi (5,090 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) (surfaced)
Test depth150 ft (46 m)
Complement2 officers, 26 enlisted
Armament
NotesFollowed by AA-1-class submarines

USS M-1 (SS-47) was a unique submarine of the United States Navy. Although built as a fully operational boat, M-1 was built with a radically different double-hulled design.[2] This was in marked contrast to Simon Lake's and Electric Boat's single-hulled concepts. Ultimately shown to be unsuccessful, no other submarines of this class were built, although future advances in construction and metallurgy science made the double hull design a standard one for the USN.[3]