USS N-5

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USS N-5 at the end of World War I.
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NameUSS N-5
Builder Lake Torpedo Boat, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Laid down10 April 1915
Launched22 March 1917
Commissioned13 June 1918
Decommissioned19 April 1922
FateSold for scrap, 25 September 1922
General characteristics
Type N-class submarine
Displacement
  • 340 long tons (345 t) surfaced
  • 415 long tons (422 t) submerged
Length155 ft (47 m)
Beam14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Draft12 ft 4 in (3.76 m)
Propulsion Diesel-electric
Speed
  • 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) surfaced
  • 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) submerged
Complement29 officers and men
Armament4 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

USS N-5 (SS-57) was a N-class coastal defense submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 10 April 1915 by Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The N-boats built by Lake had slightly different specifications from the ones built by Seattle Construction and Drydock and are sometimes considered a separate class.

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N-5 was launched on 22 March 1917 sponsored by Mrs. George Bevans, and commissioned at New York Navy Yard on 13 June 1918.

Service history

Sailing from New York City on 20 June to New London, Connecticut, for fitting out and thence proceeding to Newport, Rhode Island, to load torpedoes, N-5 began patrols off New England and in Long Island Sound on watch against attacks on coastal shipping by German U-boats. In August and September she deployed under tow by a decoy ship, the sailing vessel USS Charles Whittemore. [1] On 7 September, after parting tow from her escort in a heavy sea, she was mistaken by an armed transport for a U-boat and was fired upon. All 15 shells fell short and N-5 was able to proceed on to New London. She continued her patrols until 24 October when she put into New York Navy Yard for repairs, and remained there following the Armistice with Germany until sailing to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 21 February 1919.

Overhauled, the submarine departed Philadelphia on 27 March, arriving New London on 10 April. Remaining in ordinary at the Submarine Base until 10 March 1920, the submarine then operated off the East Coast in training until placed in reserve at New London on 7 June. On 1 October, N-5 sailed to Philadelphia Navy Yard for extensive overhaul lasting until 7 April 1921 when she returned to New London, once again being placed in ordinary. There she remained for the next year, while her main engines were removed for transfer to a newer L-class submarine. Then, towed by tug USS Lykens she moved to Philadelphia Navy Yard, arriving on 14 April 1922. N-5 decommissioned on 19 April 1922 and was sold to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia for scrap on 25 September 1922.

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