Sixteen "O" class submarines were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1918.
[show]Overview of 16 vessels
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
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Name
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Builder
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Laid Down
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Launched
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Completed
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Fate
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O-1
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Portsmouth Navy Yard
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26 Mar, 1917
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9 Jul, 1918
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5 Nov, 1918
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Stricken 1938
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O-2
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Puget Sound Navy Yard
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27 Jul, 1917
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24 May, 1918
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19 Oct, 1918
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Broken up 1945
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O-3
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
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2 Dec, 1916
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29 Sep, 1917
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13 Jun, 1918
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Broken up 1946
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O-4
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
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4 Dec, 1916
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20 Oct, 1917
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29 May, 1918
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Broken up 1946
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O-5
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
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8 Dec, 1916
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11 Nov, 1917
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8 Jun, 1918
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Collision 28 Oct, 1923
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O-6
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
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6 Dec, 1916
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25 Nov, 1917
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12 Jun, 1918
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Broken up 1946
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O-7
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
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14 Feb, 1917
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16 Dec, 1917
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4 Jul, 1918
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Broken up 1946
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O-8
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
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27 Feb, 1917
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31 Dec, 1917
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11 Jul, 1918
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Broken up 1946
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O-9
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
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15 Feb, 1917
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27 Jan, 1918
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27 Jul, 1918
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Lost 20 Jun, 1941
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O-10
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
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27 Feb, 1917
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21 Feb, 1918
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17 Aug, 1918
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Broken up 1946
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O-11
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Lake Torpedo Boat Company
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6 Mar, 1916
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29 Oct, 1917
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19 Oct, 1918
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Broken up 1930
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O-12
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Lake Torpedo Boat Company
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6 Mar, 1916
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29 Sep, 1917
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18 Oct, 1918
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Broken up 1931
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O-13
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Lake Torpedo Boat Company
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6 Mar, 1916
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27 Dec, 1917
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27 Nov, 1918
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Broken up 1930
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O-14
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California Shipbuilding Company
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6 Jul, 1916
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6 May, 1918
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1 Oct, 1918
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Broken up 1930
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O-15
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California Shipbuilding Company
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21 Sep, 1916
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12 Feb, 1918
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27 Aug, 1918
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Broken up 1930
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O-16
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California Shipbuilding Company
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7 Oct, 1916
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9 Feb, 1918
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1 Aug, 1918
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Broken up 1930
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Torpedoes
- four 18-in tubes with 8 torpedoes
Guns
See Also
Bibliography
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).