USS O-2
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsUSS O-2 (SS-63), also known as "Submarine No. 63", was one of 16 O-class submarines of the United States Navy commissioned during World War I. She was recommissioned prior to the United States entry into WWII, for use as a trainer.
Design
The O-1-class submarines were designed to meet a Navy requirement for coastal defense boats.Template:Sfn The submarines had a length of Template:Cvt overall, a beam of Template:Cvt, and a mean draft of Template:Cvt. They displaced Template:Cvt on the surface and Template:Cvt submerged. The O-class submarines had a crew of 2 officers and 27 enlisted men. They had a diving depth of Template:Cvt.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
For surface running, the boats were powered by two Template:Convert NELSECO 6-EB-14 diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a Template:Convert New York Navy Yard electric motor.Template:Sfn They could reach Template:Convert on the surface and Template:Cvt underwater. On the surface, the O-class had a range of Template:Convert at Template:Cvt.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. The O-class submarines were also armed with a single [[3"/23 caliber gun|Template:Cvt/23 caliber]] retractable deck gun.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Construction
O-2Template:'s keel was laid down on 27 July 1917, by the Puget Sound Navy Yard, in Bremerton, Washington. She was launched on 24 May 1918,Template:Sfn sponsored by Mrs. Mary Chew,Template:Sfn and commissioned at Puget Sound, on 19 October 1918.Template:Sfn
Service history
During World War I, O-2 patrolled off the New England coast until war's end.Template:Sfn
When the US Navy adopted its hull classification system on 17 July 1920, she received the hull number SS-63.Template:Sfn
Reclassified as a second-line submarine on 25 July 1924, and reverting to a first-liner on 6 June 1928, she served at the submarine base, New London, Connecticut, in training officers and men until 1931, except for a brief tour at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, in 1924. In 1931, she transferred to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where she decommissioned on 25 June 1931.Template:Sfn
With increasing possibility of US involvement in World War II, O-2 recommissioned at Philadelphia, on 3 February 1941. Steaming to New London, in June, she trained submarine crews there until after Germany collapsed.Template:Sfn
Fate
She decommissioned on 26 July 1945, was struck on 11 August 1945, and was sold on 16 November 1945.Template:Sfn
Awards
- World War I Victory Medal
- American Defense Service Medal
- American Campaign Medal
- World War II Victory Medal
References
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External links
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