USS H-9

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USS H-9 (SS-152) was a H-class submarine of the United States Navy (USN) originally built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Six of these were not delivered pending, the outcome of the Russian Revolution of 1917, before being purchased by the USN, on 20 May 1918.

Design

The H-class submarines had an overall length of Template:Cvt, a beam of Template:Cvt, and a mean draft of Template:Cvt. They displaced Template:Cvt on the surface and Template:Cvt submerged. They had a diving depth of Template:Cvt. The boats had a crew of 2 officers and 23 enlisted men.Template:Sfn

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USS H-4 - General Arrangement - NARA - 75841758

For surface running, they were powered by two New London Ship & Engine Company Template:Convert diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by two Template:Convert Electro-Dynamic Company electric motors. They could reach Template:Cvt on the surface and Template:Cvt underwater.Template:Sfn On the surface, the boats had a range of Template:Cvt at Template:Cvt and Template:Cvt at Template:Cvt submerged.Template:Sfn

The boats were armed with four 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes in the bow. They carried four reloads, for a total of eight torpedoes.Template:Sfn

Construction

H-9 was laid down on 1 June 1918, at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, she had been already been preassembled by the British Pacific Construction and Engineering Company, in Vancouver, Canada, for Imperial Russian Government, which had failed to exist in September 1917. She was launched on 23 November 1918, and commissioned on 25 November 1918.Template:Sfn

Service history

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USS H-9 submerging, Template:Circa 1922

Joining Submarine Division 6 (SubDiv 6) at San Pedro, California, and later being transferred to SubDiv 7 (SubDiv 7) there, H-9 participated in a variety of battle and training exercises along the West Coast. She also patrolled off Santa Catalina Island, and put in at Mare Island Navy Yard for periodic overhauls.Template:Sfn

Fate

H-9 sailed from San Pedro, on 25 July 1922, and arrived in Norfolk, Virginia on 14 September, with SubDivs 6 and 7. The submarine decommissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, on 3 November. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 26 February 1931. She was sold for scrapping on 28 November 1933.Template:Sfn

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External links

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• PigBoats.COM H-class page