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The United States L-class submarines were a class of 11 coastal defense submarines built 1914–1917, and were the most modern and capable submarines available to United States Navy when the country entered World War I. Despite being considered a successful design by the USN, war experience in European waters demonstrated that the boats lacked ...
The US Navy lost six SC boats during World War I; [3] USS SC-60 lost in collision with the tanker Fred M. Weller on 1 October 1918, [5] [6] USS SC-117 in a fire on 22 December 1917, [7] USS SC-132 was lost in collision on 5 June 1918, [7] USS SC-187 in a collision on 4 August 1918, [7] USS SC-209 by friendly fire from the cargo ship SS Felix ...
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During the war, 52 US submarines were lost to all causes, with 48 directly due to hostilities; [73] 3,505 [72] [74] sailors were lost, the highest percentage killed in action of any US service arm in World War II. U.S. submarines sank 1,560 enemy vessels, [72] a total tonnage of 5.3 million tons (55% of the total sunk), [75] including 8 ...
They were the first operational minelaying submarines in the world (although the Russian submarine Krab was laid down earlier). A total of fifteen boats were built. The class is sometimes also referred to as the UC-1 class after SM UC-1, the class leader. The Italian X-class submarine was a reverse-engineered and modified type of the UC-1-class.
The British Royal Navy M-class submarines were a small class of diesel-electric submarines built during World War I. The unique feature of the class design was a 12-inch (305 mm) gun mounted in a casemate forward of the conning tower .
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Deutschland made two successful commercial voyages before being commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine on February 17, 1917, as U-155. [citation needed]Max Valentiner commanded a Type U 151 U-boat, U-157, and undertook the longest cruise in the war from 27 November 1917 to 15 April 1918, a total of 139 days.