USS H-1 (SS-28)
USS H-1
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| Name: | USS H-1 |
| Builder: | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down: | 22 March 1911, as Seawolf |
| Launched: | 6 May 1913 |
| Commissioned: | 1 December 1913 |
| Renamed: | H-1, 17 November 1911 |
| Struck: | 12 April 1920 |
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| Type: | H-class submarine |
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| Length: | 150 ft 4 in (45.82 m) |
| Beam: | 15 ft 10 in (4.83 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 5 in (3.78 m) |
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| Test depth: | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Complement: | 25 officers and men |
| Armament: | 4 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (8 × torpedoes) |
USS H-1 (SS-28), the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy, was originally named Seawolf, making her the first ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for the seawolf.
Seawolf was laid down by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, California. She was renamed on 17 November 1911, launched on 6 May 1913 sponsored by Miss Lesley Jean Makins, and commissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard on 1 December 1913, Lieutenant Henry M. Jensen in command.
The new submarine was attached to Torpedo Flotilla 2, Pacific Fleet, and operated along the West Coast out of San Pedro, California. During various exercises and patrols, she traveled the coast from Los Angeles, California to lower British Columbia, often in company with her sister ships H-2 and sometimes H-3.
Sailing from San Pedro, California on 17 October 1917, she reached New London, Connecticut on 8 November. For the remainder of World War I, she was based there and patrolled Long Island Sound, frequently with officer students from the submarine school on board.
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