G-1

Name and designation changes

When authorized for construction this boat was named Seal. On November 17, 1911 her name was changed to G-1. She was commissioned with that name on October 28, 1912.

The USS G-1 (ex Seal) seen here prior to here commissioning some time between November 17, 1911 when her name was changed from Seal and her commissioning on October 28, 1912. It seems to be summer based on how people are dressed. The crew on deck seem to be mostly civilian with a few exceptions. It is hard to see detail due to the poor quality of the photo. There does seem to be a officer on the bow, second from the left and an enlisted man just to the right of the forward ventilator on the higher deck. They seem to be doing something requiring diving as the left most man is clearly striped down for swimming and there seems to be a man handling a line or hose going over the side.. There are deck chairs on the raised deck forward of the bridge

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Post launch picture USS Seal (G-1) Feb. 8, 1911

USS Seal later to be USS G-1 SS 19.5 on launch day Feb. 8, 1911

USS G-1 alongside the German U-117 after WW I.

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The USS G-1 (ex Seal) seen here circa February 1918 frozen solid into about 18 inches of ice on the Thames River at the New London Submarine Base at Groton, Conn. There are several other photos further down the page that shows other submarines frozen into the river at about the same time. There is another submarine on the other side of the pier. It is hard to say who it may be but a guess based on the little superstructure seen says it might be the USS G-2. The arch seen behind the G-1 periscopes looks to be a snow covered hillside not the Gold Star Bridge which hadn't been built at that time.

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USS G-2 & USS G-1 together circa 1915.

G-1 with possibly the H-1 or H-2. An unknown submarine is on the other side of the G-1. Photo taken circa 1918.

USS G-1 getting underway from the sub base New London, Conn. circa 1918.