USS K-5 (SS-36)
K-5 in 1916
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| Name: | USS K-5 |
| Builder: | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Launched: | 17 March 1914 |
| Commissioned: | 22 August 1914 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 February 1923 |
| Reclassified: | SS-36, 17 July 1920 |
| Struck: | 18 December 1930 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 3 June 1931 |
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| Type: | K class 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) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric |
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| Complement: | 28 officers and men |
| Armament: | 4 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS K-5 (SS-36) was a K-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 17 March 1914 sponsored by Mrs. Warren G. Child, and commissioned on 22 August with Lieutenant (junior grade) H. Gibson in command.
K-5 departed Boston, Massachusetts, on 16 November for Newport, Rhode Island, where she joined 4th Division, Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla, for experiments and exercises to develop the techniques of submarine warfare. She operated for almost three years along the Atlantic coast from New England to the Gulf of Mexico conducting underwater maneuvers, undergoing diving and torpedo firing practice, and training submariners.
She departed New London, Connecticut, on 12 October 1917, for duty in the Atlantic Ocean. Steaming via Halifax, Nova Scotia, with K-1 (SS-32), K-2 (SS-33), and K-6 (SS-37), she arrived Ponta Delgada, Azores, on 27 October for patrol duty. As the first U. S. submarine to cruise European waters during the war, they operated out of the Azores searching for enemy U-boats and surface raiders. K-5 continued this duty until 18 April 1918, when she headed home via Bermuda and Hampton Roads, Virginia, arriving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 16 May. Proceeding to New London, Connecticut, on 27 September, she departed for Key West, Florida, on 7 January 1919, to resume development operations.
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