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Submarine
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Type
Sub-Surface Vessel
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Year
1700 - Present
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| Name: |
USS O-6 |
| Ordered: |
3 March 1916 |
| Builder: |
Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: |
6 December 1916 |
| Launched: |
25 November 1917 |
| Commissioned: |
12 June 1918 |
| Decommissioned: |
9 June 1931 |
| Recommissioned: |
4 February 1941 |
| Decommissioned: |
11 September 1945 |
| Struck: |
11 September 1945 |
| Fate: |
Sold for scrap, 4 September 1946
Scrapped, December 1946 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
O class submarine |
| Displacement: |
520.6 long tons (529 t) surfaced
629 long tons (639 t) submerged |
| Length: |
172 ft 4 in (52.53 m) |
| Beam: |
18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Draft: |
14 ft 5 in (4.39 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Diesel-electric
2 × 440 hp (328 kW) diesel engines
2 × 370 hp (276 kW) electric motors
2 shafts |
| Speed: |
14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced
10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged |
| Complement: |
2 officers, 27 men |
| Armament: |
• 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes, 8 torpedoes
• 1 × 3"/50 caliber deck gun |
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Name of Award
American Campaign Medal
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Devices
none
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Year Awarded
1942
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Details behind Award:
Not Specified
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Last Updated:
Jul 17, 2010 |
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