USS H-9, a 358-ton H-4 class submarine, was originally built at Groton, Connecticut, for the Russian Navy. That country's revolution prevented delivery to her intended owners, and in May 1918 the U.S. Navy purchased her in disassembled condition. Construction was completed at the Puget Sound Navy Yard and the submarine was placed in commission in late November 1918. For more than three years H-9 served along the West Coast, primarily operating out of San Pedro, California. She transited from the Pacific to the Atlantic in July-September 1922 and was decommissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, in early November of that year. After being laid up for the rest of the 1920s, and into the next decade, USS H-9 was stricken from the Navy list in February 1921. She was sold for scrapping in late November 1933.
This page features the only views we have concerning USS H-9 (Submarine # 152, later SS-152).
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Page made 20 May 2004