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Pages in category "World War I submarines of the United States" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
1914, October 18 – German submarine U-27 sinks HMS E3 in the first ever successful attack on one submarine by another. 1914, October 20 – German submarine U-17 sinks SS Glitra in the first submarine sinking of a merchant ship during the world wars. [1] 1915, May 7 – German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania killing 1,198 and leaving 761 ...
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 ...
List of Los Angeles class submarines; List of submarines of World War II; List of United States Navy ships; List of United States Navy losses in World War II § Submarines (SS) - abbreviated list; List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II § Submarine (SS) - detailed list; The NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft was a non ...
The U.S. Navy in World War I. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing. ISBN 978-0-275-96212-8. OCLC 40595325. Gleaves, Albert (1921). A history of the transport service: adventures and experiences of United States transports and cruisers in the World War. New York: George H. Doran Company. Johnson, Robert Irwin (1987).
Pre–World War I Class name No. Laid down Last comm. Notes Alligator [1] 1: 1861: 1862: First submarine in the U.S. Navy. Purpose was to protect wooden ships against ironclads. Holland [2] [3] 1: 1896: 1900: 5 others were made; only Holland (SS-1) entered the U.S. Navy as it was the first officially commissioned submarine purchased on 11 April ...
The submarine UC-71 was apparently scuttled off the German archipelago of Helgoland on February 20 1919 while being transferred to the Royal Navy after the armistice.
Submarine chaser SC-405 at Brest, France, December 1918. Following the end of the war, four boats (USS SC-274, USS SC-302, USS SC-311 and USS SC-312) were transferred to Cuba, while 14 boats were transferred to the United States Coast Guard in 1919–1920. [2] Eight of the French SC boats remained in service at the outbreak of World War II. [12]