USS N-6
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsUSS N-6 (SS-58), also known as "Submarine No. 58", was an N-class coastal submarine of the United States Navy commissioned during WWI. She spent the war patrolling off the coast of New England, and was decommissioned after less than four years in service.
Design
The N-class boats designed by Electric Boat, N-1 throughN-3, also referred to as the N-1-class, were built to slightly different specifications from the other N-class submarines, which were designed by Lake Torpedo Boat, referred to as the N-4-class. The Lake submarines had a length of Template:Cvt overall, a beam of Template:Cvt, and a mean draft of Template:Convert. They displaced Template:Convert on the surface and Template:Cvt submerged. The Lake submarines had a crew of 3 officers and 26 enlisted men. They had a diving depth of Template:Cvt.Template:Sfn
For surface running, the Lake submarines were powered by two Template:Convert Busch-Sulzer diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a Template:Convert Diehl electric motor. They could reach Template:Convert on the surface and Template:Cvt underwater.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:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Construction
N-6Template:'s keel was laid down on 15 April 1915, by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. N-5 was launched on 21 April 1917, sponsored by Mrs. John A. Kissick, and commissioned on 9 July 1918.Template:Sfn
Service history
After fitting out at the New London Submarine Base, she commenced patrolling off the New England coast, to protect coastal shipping from German U-boats. She alternated operating out of New London and New York, until she put into the former port, on 13 October 1918, for upkeep.Template:Sfn
With the exception of a training cruise up the New England coast, from 14 to 19 July 1919, and a voyage to the New York Navy Yard, from 29 September to 9 October, N-6 remained at New London, until sailing in early May 1920, for Annapolis, Maryland, arriving on 27 May. There, she was used to indoctrinate midshipmen, of the United States Naval Academy, in submarine warfare.Template:Sfn
She left Annapolis, on June 3 1920, and arrived back in New London, where, on June 7, she was put in reserve. Remaining in reserve until 15 September, she sailed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an extensive overhaul, returning to New London on 25 March 1921.Template:Sfn
She operated out of New London, making several training cruises, until October, when her engines were transferred to a new L-class submarine.Template:Sfn
Fate
Departing New London, on 2 February 1922, under tow of the fleet tug Template:USS, she sailed to Philadelphia, where she was decommissioned on 16 February, and was sold for scrap to Joseph G. Hitner, of Philadelphia, on 31 July.Template:Sfn
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