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==USS L-1== | ==USS L-1== | ||
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USS L-1 riding at anchor while on sea trials, circa 1916, probably off | USS L-1 riding at anchor while on sea trials, circa 1916, probably off Provincetown, Mass. Just at background sea level a low land mass with houses can be seen such as seen at Cape Cod. The L class were the first US submarine designed to carry a 3"/23 caliber deck gun but it wasn't until the L-9 that guns were installed during construction. The L-1 through L-8 were retrofitted later with the gun. As you can see the L-1 has no gun. The USS M-1 actually had the first deck mounted gun on a US submarine. The two dynamite guns carried by the USS Holland were not deck mounted but built into the pressure hull. | ||
[[L-1|See More USS L-1 Boats]] | [[L-1|See More USS L-1 Boats]] | ||
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==USS L-2== | ==USS L-2== | ||
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USS L-2 (SS-41) in an unknown location, approximately 1918. In July of 1918 while patrolling in the Irish Sea, a large explosion rocked the L-2 about 25 feet on her beam. A torpedo aimed at her by a German U-boat had apparently detonated prematurely. A periscope was sighted so the L-2 immediately submerged and made an unsuccessful attempt to ram the submarine. with her primitive sonar she couldn't track the U-boat well under water, plus the U-boat had superior under water speed. Later it was suspected that a U-boat had indeed fired on the L-2, but another U-boat, the U-65, was unknowingly in the way and was hit by the torpedo meant for L-2. Some time later when the L-2 was dry docked her hull plating was noted to be heavily dented from the close by explosion. The U-65 never returned to her port. | |||
==USS L-3== | ==USS L-3== | ||
Revision as of 13:00, 9 April 2023
USS L-1
USS L-1 riding at anchor while on sea trials, circa 1916, probably off Provincetown, Mass. Just at background sea level a low land mass with houses can be seen such as seen at Cape Cod. The L class were the first US submarine designed to carry a 3"/23 caliber deck gun but it wasn't until the L-9 that guns were installed during construction. The L-1 through L-8 were retrofitted later with the gun. As you can see the L-1 has no gun. The USS M-1 actually had the first deck mounted gun on a US submarine. The two dynamite guns carried by the USS Holland were not deck mounted but built into the pressure hull.
USS L-2
USS L-2 (SS-41) in an unknown location, approximately 1918. In July of 1918 while patrolling in the Irish Sea, a large explosion rocked the L-2 about 25 feet on her beam. A torpedo aimed at her by a German U-boat had apparently detonated prematurely. A periscope was sighted so the L-2 immediately submerged and made an unsuccessful attempt to ram the submarine. with her primitive sonar she couldn't track the U-boat well under water, plus the U-boat had superior under water speed. Later it was suspected that a U-boat had indeed fired on the L-2, but another U-boat, the U-65, was unknowingly in the way and was hit by the torpedo meant for L-2. Some time later when the L-2 was dry docked her hull plating was noted to be heavily dented from the close by explosion. The U-65 never returned to her port.
