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==Service==
==Service==
In early 1916, K-3, {{US-K4}}, {{US-K7}} and {{US-K8}} were based in Pearl Harbor, their crews living aboard {{US-Alert|f=p}}.{{USNavalEstimatesVolII1916|pp. 1553-4}}


==Captains==
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U.S.S. Orca (1914)
Hull Number: SS-34
Builder: Union Iron Works[1]
Launched: 14 Mar, 1914[2]
Commissioned: 30 Oct, 1914
Decommissioned: 20 Feb, 1923
Broken up: 1931[3]

U.S.S. K-3 was originally to be named U.S.S. Orca but was renamed in late 1911 – one of eight Haddock Class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

She commissioned on 30 October, 1914 with Lieutenant F. T. Chew in command.

Service

In early 1916, K-3, K-4, K-7 and K-8 were based in Pearl Harbor, their crews living aboard U.S.S. Alert.[4]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 128.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 128.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 128.
  4. ↑ Estimates Submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Volume II, 1916. pp. 1553-4.
  5. ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 46.

Bibliography


Haddock Class Submarine
  Haddock Cachalot Orca Walrus  
  K-5 K-6 K-7 K-8  
<– Seawolf Class Submarines (US) "L" Class –>
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