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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS E-1 (Submarine # 24, later SS-24), 1912-1922. Originally
named Skipjack
USS E-1, first of a class of two 287-ton coastal submarines,
was built at Quincy, Massachusetts. Initially named Skipjack,
she was renamed E-1 in November 1911, three months before
she entered service. The new submarine was placed in commission
in mid-February 1912, commanded by Chester
W. Nimitz, who would lead the World War II Pacific Fleet some
three decades later. During 1912-1917 E-1 was employed
testing her diesel engines, a gyrocompass, and underwater radio
communications, as well as on training duties. For much of 1918
she was based in the Azores, as part of the World War I defenses
of those strategically vital islands. Upon returning to the United
States in September 1918 she was again used for experimental and
training work. USS E-1 was inactive after March 1920, though
not formally decommissioned until October 1921. She was sold in
April 1922.
This page features all the views we have related to USS
E-1 (Submarine # 24), which was named Skipjack while
under construction.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 41946
USS E-1 (Submarine # 24)
Underway in New York Harbor, during the October 1912 naval review.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 58090
USS E-1 (Submarine # 24)
Underway in New York Harbor, during the October 1912 naval review.
This print has been autographed by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz,
USN. He served in this submarine from 14 February to 25 May 1912,
and had her as his flagship when he commanded the Second Group,
Atlantic Submarine Flotilla.
Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 53472
Chart of U.S. Navy submarine performance progress, 1900-1958
Comparing the length, speed and submerged endurance of USS Holland
(Submarine # 1), USS E-1 (ex-Skipjack, Submarine
# 24), USS Skipjack (SS-184), USS Nautilus (SSN-571),
USS Seawolf (SSN-575) and USS Skipjack (SSN-585).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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The submarines on the left side of the following photograph
are probably USS E-1 and her sister,
USS E-2 (Submarine # 25):
Photo #: NH 78926
"U.S. Submarines awaiting Orders"
Halftone reproduction, printed on a postal card, of a photograph
of five submarines nested together prior to World War I. The
three "boats" at right are (from center to right):
USS D-2 (Submarine # 18); USS D-1 (Submarine #
17); and USS D-3 (Submarine # 19). The two at left are
probably (in no particular order) USS E-1 (Submarine #
24) and USS E-2 (Submarine # 25).
Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN (Medical Service
Corps), 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Page made 17 March 2004
New image added 12 June 2004