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<table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS-L8.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/USS-L8.jpg/300px-USS-L8.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/USS-L8.jpg/450px-USS-L8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/USS-L8.jpg/600px-USS-L8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="481" /></a></span><div>USS <i>L-8</i> in 1917</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/107px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>USS <i>L-8</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard" title="Portsmouth Naval Shipyard">Portsmouth Naval Shipyard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kittery,_Maine" title="Kittery, Maine">Kittery, Maine</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>24 February 1915</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>23 April 1917</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>30 August 1917</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>15 November 1922</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sunk as target, 26 May 1926.</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">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/United_States_L-class_submarine" title="United States L-class submarine">L-class 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;">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>165 ft (50 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>14 ft 9 in (4.50 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>13 ft 3 in (4.04 m)</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;">1,200 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Brake_horsepower" title="Horsepower">bhp</a> (890 kW) (diesel)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">800 hp (600 kW) (electric)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr 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mile">nmi</a> (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) on the surface</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">150 nmi (280 km; 170 mi) at 5 knots (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 feet (61.0 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>28 officers and enlisted 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 × bow <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></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> <a href="/wiki/Deck_gun" title="Deck gun">deck gun</a></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>L-8</i> (SS-48)</b> was an <a href="/wiki/United_States_L-class_submarine" title="United States L-class submarine">L-class submarine</a> built for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> during the 1910s. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_L-8&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The L-class boats designed by <a href="/wiki/Lake_Torpedo_Boat" title="Lake Torpedo Boat">Lake Torpedo Boat</a> (<i>L-5</i> through <i>L-8</i>) were built to slightly different specifications from the other L boats, which were designed by <a href="/wiki/Electric_Boat" class="mw-redirect" 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The Lake boats had a length of 165 feet (50.3 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">overall</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 14 feet 9 inches (4.5 m) and a mean <a href="/wiki/Draft_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Draft (ship)">draft</a> of 13 feet 3 inches (4.0 m). They <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">displaced</a> 451 long tons (458 t) on the surface and 527 long tons (535 t) submerged. The L-class submarines had a crew of 28 officers and enlisted men. They had a diving depth of 200 feet (61.0 m).<sup id="cite_ref-f7_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f7-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For surface running, the boats were powered by two 600-<a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Brake_horsepower" title="Horsepower">brake-horsepower</a> (447 kW) <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel engines</a>, each driving one <a href="/wiki/Propeller_shaft" class="mw-redirect" title="Propeller shaft">propeller shaft</a>. When submerged each propeller was driven by a 400-horsepower (298 kW) <a href="/wiki/Electric_motor" title="Electric motor">electric motor</a>. They could reach 14 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (26 km/h; 16 mph) on the surface and 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) underwater. On the surface, the Lake boats had a range of 5,150 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (9,540 km; 5,930 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)<sup id="cite_ref-f7_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f7-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 150 nmi (280 km; 170 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged.<sup id="cite_ref-gg9_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gg9-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The boats were armed with four <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> in the bow. They carried four reloads, for a total of eight torpedoes. The L-class submarines were also armed with a single <a href="/wiki/3%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/50 caliber gun">3"/50 caliber</a> <a href="/wiki/Deck_gun" title="Deck gun">deck gun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gg9_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gg9-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_career">Construction and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_L-8&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_L-8_SAS_Imagery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/USS_L-8_SAS_Imagery.jpg/220px-USS_L-8_SAS_Imagery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/USS_L-8_SAS_Imagery.jpg/330px-USS_L-8_SAS_Imagery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/USS_L-8_SAS_Imagery.jpg/440px-USS_L-8_SAS_Imagery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1951" data-file-height="1264" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Synthetic-aperture_sonar" title="Synthetic-aperture sonar">Synthetic aperture sonar</a> imagery of the wreck of <i>USS L-8</i>.</figcaption></figure> <p><i>L-8</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s keel was laid down on 24 February 1915 by the <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Portsmouth Navy Yard">Portsmouth Navy Yard</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kittery,_Maine" title="Kittery, Maine">Kittery, Maine</a>. <i>L-8</i> was <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">launched</a> on 23 April 1917 sponsored by Miss Nancy Gill, and <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> on 30 August 1917. Following training operations along the East Coast, <i>L-8</i> prepared for <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European</a> service. About this time, she teamed up with the decoy ship <a href="/wiki/USS_Charles_Whittemore" title="USS Charles Whittemore">USS <i>Charles Whittemore</i></a> in hopes of luring a German U-boat to the surface. This effort, however, was not successful. </p><p>Departing <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a>, under the command of Lieutenant John N. Bloom,<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> on 20 October, the submarine steamed for the <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a> to join Submarine Division 6 for patrols against <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boats</a>. She arrived in <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a> on 13 November, two days after the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, and was ordered to return to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. </p><p>After exercises and visits in <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central American</a> ports, <i>L-8</i> crossed the Panama Canal (Burton 374) and arrived <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Pedro, California">San Pedro, California</a>, on 13 February 1919 to join the submarine flotilla on the West Coast. Remaining there from 1919 to 1922, she experimented with new <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoes</a> and undersea detection equipment. Following a period of commission, in ordinary, early in 1922, <i>L-8</i> departed San Pedro on 25 July for the Atlantic, arriving <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, on 28 September. <i>L-8</i> was decommissioned on 15 November 1922. </p><p><i>L-8</i> was ultimately destroyed as a target during testing for magnetic influence exploders for torpedoes, off Rhode Island on 26 May 1926 (Miller 117). This was the only test with live torpedoes of magnetic exploders conducted by the Navy in the 19 years before the World War II period. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_L-8&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-f7-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-f7_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-f7_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman, p. 307</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gg9-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gg9_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gg9_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gardiner & Gray, p. 129</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">Burton, p. 378</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_L-8&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBurton1922" class="citation book cs1">Burton, Clarence (1922). Burton, Clarence; Stocking, William; Miller, Gordon (eds.). <i>The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 Volume 5</i>. Detroit-Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+City+of+Detroit%2C+Michigan%2C+1701-1922+Volume+5&rft.place=Detroit-Chicago&rft.pub=The+S.+J.+Clarke+Publishing+Company&rft.date=1922&rft.aulast=Burton&rft.aufirst=Clarence&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUSS+L-8" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFriedman1995" class="citation book cs1">Friedman, Norman (1995). <i>U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History</i>. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55750-263-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-55750-263-3"><bdi>1-55750-263-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=U.S.+Submarines+Through+1945%3A+An+Illustrated+Design+History&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=1-55750-263-3&rft.aulast=Friedman&rft.aufirst=Norman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUSS+L-8" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGardinerGray1985" class="citation book cs1">Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). <i>Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921</i>. 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Maru</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Dorrigo" title="SS Dorrigo"><i>Dorrigo</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Apr: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Papoose" title="SS Papoose">Sylvanus</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 May: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">USS <i>L-8</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 Jun: <a href="/wiki/PS_Washington_Irving" title="PS Washington Irving"><i>Washington Irving</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Jun: <a href="/wiki/SS_Atlantus" title="SS Atlantus"><i>Atlantus</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/HMCS_Canada" title="HMCS Canada">Queen of Nassau</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HMS_H29" title="HMS H29">HMS <i>H29</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Aug: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Yayoi_(1905)" title="Japanese destroyer Yayoi (1905)"><i>Yayoi</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Aug: <i><a href="/wiki/ST_Brolga" title="ST Brolga">Albert San</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2 Sep: <a href="/wiki/HMVS_Cerberus" title="HMVS Cerberus">HMAS <i>Platypus II</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_Haleakala" title="SS Haleakala"><i>Haleakala</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Sep: <i><a href="/wiki/Roseway" title="Roseway">Roseway</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">September (unknown date): <a href="/wiki/HMS_Raleigh_(1919)" title="HMS Raleigh (1919)">HMS <i>Raleigh</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Nov: <a href="/wiki/SS_Andrios" title="SS Andrios"><i>Andrios</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Nov: <a href="/wiki/City_of_Bangor_(ship)" title="City of Bangor (ship)"><i>City of Bangor</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Dec: <i><a href="/wiki/Swiks" title="Swiks">Swiks</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Eagle_(1804)" title="HMS Eagle (1804)">HMS <i>Eaglet</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Sapona" title="SS Sapona"><i>Sapona</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">11 Jan: <a href="/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Asia" title="RMS Empress of Asia">RMS <i>Empress of Asia</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Jan: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Empress_(1914)" title="HMS Empress (1914)"><i>Empress</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">January (unknown date): <a href="/wiki/RMS_Cameronia" title="RMS Cameronia"><i>Cameronia</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 Feb: <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Maurice_Callot" title="French submarine Maurice Callot"><i>Maurice Callot</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Feb: <i><a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Agostino_Bertani" title="Italian destroyer Agostino Bertani">Enrico Cosenz</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Francesco_Nullo_(1914)" title="Italian destroyer Francesco Nullo (1914)">Fratelli Cairoli</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Maurice_Callot" title="French submarine Maurice Callot"><i>Maurice Callot</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Mar: <a href="/wiki/USS_America_(ID-3006)" title="USS America (ID-3006)"><i>America</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-27" title="Japanese submarine Ro-27"><i>Ro-27</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-28" title="Japanese submarine Ro-28"><i>Ro-28</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Aeolus_(1884)" title="SS Aeolus (1884)"><i>Aeolus</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_S-49" title="USS S-49"><i>S-49</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_S-49" title="USS S-49"><i>S-49</i></a></span></li> 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title="HMS Cockchafer (1915)">HMS <i>Cockchafer</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Oct: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-152" title="Japanese submarine I-152">I-52</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 Nov: <a href="/wiki/HMS_R4" title="HMS R4">HMS <i>R4</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Nov: <a href="/wiki/SS_Maasdam_(1920)" title="SS Maasdam (1920)"><i>Maasdam</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Dec: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Mary_Luckenbach_(1941)" class="mw-redirect" title="SS Mary Luckenbach (1941)">Sac City</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Thunderer_(1911)" title="HMS Thunderer (1911)">HMS <i>Thunderer</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Dec: <a href="/wiki/RMS_Franconia_(1922)" title="RMS Franconia (1922)"><i>Franconia</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/SS_America_(1898)" title="SS America (1898)"><i>America</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USFS_Brant" 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