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-.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Portsmouth Navy Yard">Portsmouth Navy Yard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kittery,_Maine" title="Kittery, Maine">Kittery, Maine</a> (<i>L-8</i>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operators</td><td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preceded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/United_States_K-class_submarine" title="United States K-class submarine">K class</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Succeeded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/USS_M-1" title="USS M-1">USS <i>M-1</i></a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Built</td><td>1914–1917</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In commission</td><td>1916–1923</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>11</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Retired</td><td>11</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preserved</td><td>0</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarine</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>EB design</i>:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">450 long tons (457 t) surfaced</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">548 long tons (557 t) submerged</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Lake design</i>:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">451 long tons (458 t) surfaced</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">527 long tons (535 t) submerged</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>EB design</i>: 168 ft 5 in (51.33 m)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Lake design</i>: 165 ft (50 m)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>EB design</i>: 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Lake design</i>: 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>EB design</i>: 13 ft 7 in (4.14 m)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Lake design</i>: 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>EB design</i>:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,300 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower" title="Horsepower">hp</a> (970 kW) (diesel engines),</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">800 hp (600 kW) (electric motors)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Lake design</i>:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,200 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower" title="Horsepower">hp</a> (890 kW) (diesel engines),</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">800 hp (600 kW) (electric motors)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Diesel-electric" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel-electric">Diesel-electric</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>EB design</i>:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/New_London_Ship_and_Engine_Company" title="New London Ship and Engine Company">NELSECO</a> <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">Diesel engines</a>,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Electro-Dynamic_Company" title="Electro-Dynamic Company">Electro Dynamic</a> <a href="/wiki/Electric_motor" title="Electric motor">electric motors</a>,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × 60-<a href="/wiki/Electrochemical_cell" title="Electrochemical cell">cell</a> <a href="/wiki/Battery_(electrical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battery (electrical)">batteries</a>,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × shafts</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Lake design</i>:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Busch-Sulzer" title="Busch-Sulzer">Busch-Sulzer</a> Diesel engines,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Philip_Diehl_(inventor)" title="Philip Diehl (inventor)">Diehl</a> electric motors,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × 120-<a href="/wiki/Electrochemical_cell" title="Electrochemical cell">cell</a> <a href="/wiki/Battery_(electrical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battery (electrical)">batteries</a>,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × shafts</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">14 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) (surfaced)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">150 nmi (280 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (submerged)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Test depth</td><td>200 ft (61 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>28 officers and men</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/American_18_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="American 18 inch torpedo">18 inch (450 mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a>, 8 <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoes</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/3%22/23_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/23 caliber gun">3"/23 caliber</a> retractable <a href="/wiki/Deck_gun" title="Deck gun">deck gun</a> (gun on EB design only)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The United States <b>L-class submarines</b> were a class of 11 coastal defense <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarines</a> built 1914–1917, and were the most modern and capable submarines available to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> when the country entered <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. Despite being considered a successful design by the USN, war experience in European waters demonstrated that the boats lacked the range, speed, and endurance to conduct extended patrols in the North Atlantic.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_L-class_submarine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These submarines were built to two distinctly different designs at four separate shipyards.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Electric_Boat_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric Boat Company">Electric Boat Company</a> (EB) of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Groton,_Connecticut" title="Groton, Connecticut">Groton, Connecticut</a>) went the route they followed with previous designs and simply scaled up their standard <a href="/wiki/Submarine_hull" title="Submarine hull">single hull</a>, spindle shaped, twin <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">propeller</a>, axial <a href="/wiki/Rudder" title="Rudder">rudder</a> design to meet the requirements of the Navy. They were contracted for <i>L-1</i> through <i>L-4</i> and <i>L-9</i> through <i>L-11</i>, and these would be built at EB's sub-contractor <a href="/wiki/Fore_River_Shipyard" title="Fore River Shipyard">Fore River Shipbuilding Co.</a> in <a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Massachusetts" title="Quincy, Massachusetts">Quincy, Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the first time EB did away with the rotating bow cap for the torpedo tube muzzle doors. It was replaced by individual faired-in shutter doors that would later become a standard design feature.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Simon Lake's <a href="/wiki/Lake_Torpedo_Boat" title="Lake Torpedo Boat">Lake Torpedo Boat Company</a> returned to the fold and submitted a very different design that would become <i>L-5</i> through <i>L-8</i>. These boats were similar in size and capability to the EB design, but they had a ventrally mounted rudder and propeller shafts, a watertight superstructure to aid in surface buoyancy, and different engines and motors. They also had three sets of amidships mounted <a href="/wiki/Diving_plane" title="Diving plane">diving planes</a>, as opposed to EB's standard bow and stern planes.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The only one of the four that would actually be built at Lake's <a href="/wiki/Bridgeport,_Connecticut" title="Bridgeport, Connecticut">Bridgeport, Connecticut</a> yard was <i>L-5</i>. The Navy wanted some of the boats built at a <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">west coast</a> shipyard, so Lake sub-contracted with the <a href="/wiki/Craig_Shipbuilding_Company" title="Craig Shipbuilding Company">Craig Shipbuilding Company</a> of <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach, California</a> to build <i>L-6</i> and <i>L-7</i>. Desirous of creating their own in-house submarine construction capability, the Navy's <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Construction_and_Repair" title="Bureau of Construction and Repair">Bureau of Construction and Repair</a> obtained a license from Lake to build the <i>L-8</i> at the government owned <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard" title="Portsmouth Naval Shipyard">Portsmouth Navy Yard</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kittery,_Maine" title="Kittery, Maine">Kittery, Maine</a>. <i>L-8</i> would be the first of many submarines built at government Navy Yards.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As in previous U.S. designs, the conning tower and <a href="/wiki/Sail_(submarine)" title="Sail (submarine)">fairwater</a> was kept small for reduced drag when submerged. For extended surface runs, the fairwater was augmented with a temporary piping-and-canvas structure (see photo) which took considerable time to deploy and dismantle. Experience in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> showed that this was inadequate in the North Atlantic weather, and these boats, along with other submarines serving overseas in that war (<a href="/wiki/United_States_E-class_submarine" title="United States E-class submarine">E-class</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_K-class_submarine" title="United States K-class submarine">K-class</a>) had their <a href="/wiki/Bridge_(nautical)" title="Bridge (nautical)">bridge</a> structures replaced with a permanent steel "chariot" shield on the front of the bridge. Chariot style bridges became standard on later U.S. submarines.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This was the first U.S. submarine class equipped with a <a href="/wiki/Deck_gun" title="Deck gun">deck gun</a>, in this case a <a href="/wiki/3%22/23_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/23 caliber gun">3-inch/23 caliber</a> (76 mm) partially retractable design. The gun was installed on the EB design boats only, the Lake design never received one.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The gun was retracted vertically, with a round shield that fit over the top of a well in the superstructure that projected into the pressure hull. Most of the barrel protruded from the deck, resembling a stanchion. The round shield doubled as a blast deflector for the gun crew, and as the watertight top of the well.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This gun was roundly disliked by the submarine crews because it lacked range, hitting power, and had the tendency to retract back into the well when fired, presenting a great hazard to the gun crew.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service">Service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_L-class_submarine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After service in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic">Atlantic</a> <a href="/wiki/Flotilla" title="Flotilla">Flotilla</a> by the Electric Boat design submarines, most required extensive refits at <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> after the USA's entry into the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, which reflected the U.S. Navy's then-limited experience in submarine ocean operations. In December 1917, the seven boats were sent to <a href="/wiki/Bantry_Bay" title="Bantry Bay">Bantry Bay</a> as Submarine Division 5 for <a href="/wiki/U-boat_Campaign_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="U-boat Campaign (World War I)">convoy escort</a> and anti-<a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a> patrols. The four new Lake design L-boats later deployed to the <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a> in November 1918 as Division 6 to reinforce four <a href="/wiki/United_States_K-class_submarine" title="United States K-class submarine">K-class submarines</a> sent there in October 1917. While forward deployed, U.S. L-class submarines had the letter "A" added to the name displayed on the fairwater (i.e. AL-1) to avoid confusion with <a href="/wiki/British_L-class_submarine" title="British L-class submarine">British L-class submarines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>U.S. submarines did not sink any U-boats in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, despite the immense effort of getting them to the war zone. Many lessons were learned and these were poured into the design of follow-on submarines.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the war, the L-class were involved in trials of new <a href="/wiki/Torpedoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Torpedoes">torpedoes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hydrophone" title="Hydrophone">hydrophone</a> equipment on both the east and west coasts before decommissioning in 1922 and 1923. At least <i>L-3</i>, <i>L-9</i>, and <i>L-11</i> were re-engined with <a href="/wiki/Busch-Sulzer" title="Busch-Sulzer">Busch-Sulzer</a> diesels removed from Lake-built <a href="/wiki/United_States_N-class_submarine" title="United States N-class submarine">N-boats</a> in 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three EB design boats were scrapped in 1922, the four Lake design boats were scrapped in 1925, and the remainder were scrapped in 1933 under the <a href="/wiki/London_Naval_Treaty" title="London Naval Treaty">London Naval Treaty</a> limiting naval armament. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Torpedo_Exploder_Mark_6_NH-88457.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Torpedo_Exploder_Mark_6_NH-88457.jpg/220px-Torpedo_Exploder_Mark_6_NH-88457.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Torpedo_Exploder_Mark_6_NH-88457.jpg/330px-Torpedo_Exploder_Mark_6_NH-88457.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Torpedo_Exploder_Mark_6_NH-88457.jpg/440px-Torpedo_Exploder_Mark_6_NH-88457.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1027" /></a><figcaption><i>L-8</i> acting as a target for torpedo testing off Newport Rhode Island May 26,1926. This was obviously a miss. Another shot later that day sank her.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><br /> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boats_in_class">Boats in class</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_L-class_submarine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Boats in class"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 11 submarines of the L class were: </p><p><a href="/wiki/Electric_Boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric Boat">Electric Boat</a> design </p> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ship name and Hull no. </th> <th>Builder </th> <th>Laid Down </th> <th>Launched </th> <th>Commissioned </th> <th>Decommissioned </th> <th>Fate </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/USS_L-1" title="USS L-1">USS <i>L-1</i> (SS-40)</a> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Fore_River_Shipbuilding" class="mw-redirect" title="Fore River Shipbuilding">Fore River Shipbuilding</a> </td> <td>13 April 1914 </td> <td>20 January 1915 </td> <td>11 April 1916 </td> <td>7 April 1922 </td> <td>Scrapped 1922 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/USS_L-2" title="USS L-2">USS <i>L-2</i> (SS-41)</a> </td> <td>19 March 1914 </td> <td>11 February 1915 </td> <td>29 September 1916 </td> <td>4 May 1923 </td> <td>Scrapped 1933 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/USS_L-3" title="USS L-3">USS <i>L-3</i> (SS-42)</a> </td> <td>18 April 1914 </td> <td>15 March 1915 </td> <td>22 April 1916 </td> <td>11 June 1923 </td> <td>Scrapped 1933 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/USS_L-4" title="USS L-4">USS <i>L-4</i> (SS-43)</a> </td> <td>23 March 1914 </td> <td>3 April 1915 </td> <td>4 May 1916 </td> <td>14 April 1922 </td> <td>Scrapped 1922 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/USS_L-9" title="USS L-9">USS <i>L-9</i> (SS-49)</a> </td> <td>2 November 1914 </td> <td>27 October 1915 </td> <td>4 August 1916 </td> <td>4 May 1923 </td> <td>Scrapped 1933 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/USS_L-10" title="USS L-10">USS <i>L-10</i> (SS-50)</a> </td> <td>17 February 1915 </td> <td>16 March 1916 </td> <td>2 August 1916 </td> <td>5 May 1922 </td> <td>Scrapped 1922 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/USS_L-11" title="USS L-11">USS <i>L-11</i> (SS-51)</a> </td> <td>17 February 1915 </td> <td>16 May 1916 </td> <td>15 August 1916 </td> <td>28 November 1923 </td> <td>Scrapped 1933 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Lake_Torpedo_Boat" title="Lake Torpedo Boat">Lake Torpedo Boat</a> Company design </p> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ship name and Hull no. </th> <th>Builder </th> <th>Laid Down </th> <th>Launched </th> <th>Commissioned </th> <th>Decommissioned </th> <th>Fate </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/USS_L-5" title="USS L-5">USS <i>L-5</i> (SS-44)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Torpedo_Boat" title="Lake Torpedo Boat">Lake Torpedo Boat</a> Company </td> <td>14 May 1914 </td> <td>1 May 1916 </td> <td>17 February 1918 </td> <td>5 December 1922 </td> <td>Scrapped 1925 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/USS_L-6" title="USS L-6">USS <i>L-6</i> (SS-45)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Shipbuilding_Company" title="Craig Shipbuilding Company">Craig Shipbuilding Company</a> </td> <td>27 May 1914 </td> <td>31 August 1916 </td> <td>7 December 1917 </td> <td>25 November 1922 </td> <td>Scrapped 1925 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/USS_L-7" title="USS L-7">USS <i>L-7</i> (SS-46)</a> </td> <td>2 June 1914 </td> <td>28 September 1916 </td> <td>7 December 1917 </td> <td>15 November 1922 </td> <td>Scrapped 1925 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/USS_L-8" title="USS L-8">USS <i>L-8</i> (SS-48)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Portsmouth Navy 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href="https://pigboats.com/index.php?title=L-class">PigBoats.COM L-class page</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ibid</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ibid</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman pp. 84-85</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman, pp. 85</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pigboats.com/index.php?title=L-class">PigBoats.COM L-class page</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman, pp. 84</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman, pp. 307</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pigboats.com/index.php?title=L-class">PigBoats.COM L-class page</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_3-23_mk13.htm">DiGiulian, Tony Navweaps.com 3"/23 caliber gun</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pigboats.com/images/5/52/Christley_guns.pdf">Christley, Jim, <i>U.S. Submarine Deck Guns</i>, 2010, PigBoats.COM</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pigboats.com/index.php?title=L-class">PigBoats.COM L-class page</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ibid</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/03idx.htm">NavSource Naval History N-class page</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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battleship"><i>Wyoming</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York-class_battleship" title="New York-class battleship"><i>New York</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada-class_battleship" title="Nevada-class battleship"><i>Nevada</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania-class_battleship" title="Pennsylvania-class battleship"><i>Pennsylvania</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico-class_battleship" title="New Mexico-class battleship"><i>New Mexico</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee-class_battleship" title="Tennessee-class battleship"><i>Tennessee</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado-class_battleship" title="Colorado-class battleship"><i>Colorado</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota-class_battleship_(1920)" title="South Dakota-class battleship (1920)"><i>South Dakota</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Pre-dreadnought_battleship" title="Pre-dreadnought battleship">Pre-dreadnought</a> <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indiana-class_battleship" title="Indiana-class battleship"><i>Indiana</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Iowa_(BB-4)" title="USS Iowa (BB-4)"><i>Iowa</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kearsarge-class_battleship" title="Kearsarge-class battleship"><i>Kearsarge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois-class_battleship" title="Illinois-class battleship"><i>Illinois</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maine-class_battleship" title="Maine-class battleship"><i>Maine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia-class_battleship" title="Virginia-class battleship"><i>Virginia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connecticut-class_battleship" title="Connecticut-class battleship"><i>Connecticut</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser" title="Battlecruiser">Battlecruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lexington-class_battlecruiser" title="Lexington-class battlecruiser"><i>Lexington</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Armored_cruiser" title="Armored cruiser">Armored cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/USS_Baltimore_(C-3)" title="USS Baltimore (C-3)"><i>Baltimore</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_San_Francisco_(C-5)" title="USS San Francisco (C-5)"><i>San Francisco</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Olympia_(C-6)" title="USS Olympia (C-6)"><i>Olympia</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati-class_cruiser" title="Cincinnati-class cruiser"><i>Cincinnati</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia-class_cruiser" title="Columbia-class cruiser"><i>Columbia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans-class_cruiser_(1896)" title="New Orleans-class cruiser (1896)"><i>New Orleans</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver-class_cruiser" title="Denver-class cruiser"><i>Denver</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis-class_cruiser" title="St. Louis-class cruiser"><i>St. Louis</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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