K-4
From the Seattle Post Intelligencer Newspaper March 15, 1914.
A nice photo of K-4 at idle in 1916. The location of this photo is not known for sure, but based on the mountainous background we suspect that it is Pearl Harbor, Hawaii while the K-4 was operating out of that base in 1915-1917. The large amount of lumber on the pier could be from the ongoing construction at the Hawaii base, which in those years was still in its infancy. This is a long pier, and it could very well be 1010 dock along the main channel in the harbor.
Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman.
On August 29, 1921 the K-4 was rammed by the schooner Con Rien while submerged off Block Island in Long Island Sound. The schooner's bow was crushed and it sank soon after. K-4's damage was limited to the bridge and periscope shears. The Con Rien's captain and crew of five was taken off by K-4 and taken to the submarine base at New London, where they landed on September 1. From there the crew were transported by rail to Boston where they were sent on to Yarmouth on the steamer Prince George.
The schooner Con Rien, 299 tons, was built in 1919 at East LaHave on the LaHave River, Lunenburg, NS, Canada. She was one of 13 schooners launched that year from the East LaHave shipyards.
Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman.
A side view of the damage to the USS K-4. This photo was taken after her return to Submarine Base New London, CT. on September 1, 1921. K-4's damage, while expensive in nature, was actually rather superficial and she was repaired and returned to service. She would serve for two more years before being decommissioned.
Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman.
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