USS H-5
 USS H-5 underway, circa 1922
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| Name | USS H-5 |
| Ordered | by the Imperial Russian Navy, 1915 |
| Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington |
| Laid down | 12 May 1918 |
| Launched | 24 September 1918 |
| Commissioned | 30 September 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 20 October 1922 |
| Reclassified | SS-148, 15 July 1920 |
| Stricken | 26 February 1931 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 28 November 1933 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | H-class submarine |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 358 long tons (364 t) surfaced 467 long tons (474 t) submerged |
| Length | 150 ft 4 in (45.82 m) |
| Beam | 15 ft 10 in (4.83 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 5 in (3.78 m) |
| Installed power | list error: <br /> list (help) 950 hp (710 kW) (diesel engines) 600 hp (450 kW) (electric motors) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × New London Ship & Engine Co. diesel engines 2 × Electro Dynamic Co. electric motors 2 × shafts |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) surfaced 10.5 kn (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Complement | 25 officers and men |
| Armament | 4 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (8 torpedoes |
The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915. Eleven were delivered, and served as the American Holland class submarines, but shipment of the final six was held up pending the outcome of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the boats were stored in knockdown condition at Vancouver, British Columbia. All six were purchased by the United States Navy on 20 May 1918 and assembled at Puget Sound Navy Yard.
H-5 (SS-148) was launched on 24 September 1918, and commissioned on 30 September 1918 with Lieutenant Gordon Hutchins in command.
Operating out of San Pedro, California, with Submarine Division 6 and 7 (SubDivs 6 and SubDiv 7), H-5 participated in various training and battle exercises, with periodic overhauls at Mare Island. She departed San Francisco, California on 25 July 1922 in company with both divisions and arrived at Norfolk, Virginia on 14 September. H-5 decommissioned at Norfolk on 20 October. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 26 February 1931. She was sold for scrapping on 28 November 1933.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS H-5 at NavSource Naval History
