USS H-9

USS H-9 underway, circa 1922
History
Name	USS H-9
Ordered	by the Imperial Russian Navy, 1915
Builder	Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington
Laid down	1 June 1918
Launched	23 November 1918
Commissioned	25 November 1918
Decommissioned	3 November 1922
Reclassified	SS-152, 15 July 1920
Stricken	26 February 1931
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 28 November 1933
General characteristics
Type	H-class submarine
Displacement	358 long tons (364 t) surfaced 467 long tons (474 t) submerged
Length	150 ft 4 in (45.82 m)
Beam	15 ft 10 in (4.83 m)
Draft	12 ft 5 in (3.78 m)
Installed power	950 hp (710 kW) (diesel engines) 600 hp (450 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion	2 × New London Ship & Engine Co. diesel engines 2 × Electro Dynamic Co. electric motors 2 × shafts
Speed	14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) surfaced 10.5 kn (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) submerged
Test depth	200 ft (61 m)
Complement	25 officers and men
Armament	4 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes (8 × torpedoes)

USS H-9 (SS-152) was an H-class submarine that was on active duty with the United States Navy from 1918-1922.

The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915. Eleven were delivered, and served as the American Holland class submarines, but shipment of the final six was held up pending the outcome of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the boats were stored in knockdown condition at Vancouver, British Columbia. All six were purchased by the United States Navy on 20 May 1918 and assembled at Puget Sound Navy Yard.

H-9 was launched on 23 November 1918 and commissioned on 25 November with Lieutenant Clarke Withers in command.

Joining Submarine Division 6 (SubDiv 6) at San Pedro, California, and later being transferred to SubDiv 7 there, H-9 participated in a variety of battle and training exercises along the West Coast. She also patrolled off Santa Catalina Island, and put in at Mare Island for periodic overhauls.

US H-9 submerging.

H-9 sailed from San Pedro on 25 July 1922 and arrived in Norfolk, Virginia on 14 September, with SubDivs 6 and 7. The submarine decommissioned at Norfolk on 3 November. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 26 February 1931. She was sold for scrapping on 28 November 1933.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery of USS H-9 at NavSource Naval History