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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''K-8''''' was one of eight [[Haddock Class Submarine (1913)|''Haddock'' Class submarines]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].
 
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''K-8''''' was one of eight [[Haddock Class Submarine (1913)|''Haddock'' Class submarines]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].
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She was laid down by the [[Union Iron Works]] in San Francisco under subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut.  She was launched on 11 July 1914 sponsored by Mrs. John W. Lewis, wife of the first commanding officer, and commissioned on 1 December at Mare Island under command of Lieutenant [[John William Lewis]].
  
 
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Revision as of 17:52, 18 November 2014

U.S.S. K-8 (1914)
Hull Number: SS-39
Builder: Union Iron Works[1]
Launched: 11 Jul, 1914[2]
Commissioned: 1 Dec, 1914
Decommissioned: 24 Feb, 1923
Broken up: 1931[3]

U.S.S. K-8 was one of eight Haddock Class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

She was laid down by the Union Iron Works in San Francisco under subcontract from Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 11 July 1914 sponsored by Mrs. John W. Lewis, wife of the first commanding officer, and commissioned on 1 December at Mare Island under command of Lieutenant John William Lewis.

Service

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.

Bibliography


Haddock Class Submarine
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