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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS L-7 (Submarine # 46, later SS-46), 1917-1925
USS L-7, a 456-ton L-5 class submarine of the
Lake type, was constructed at Long Beach, California. She was
placed in commission in December 1917, shook down in West Coast
waters, and in April 1918 was sent to the Atlantic to take part
in First World War operations. After about four months of service
out of Charleston, South Carolina, she voyaged to the Azores,
arriving shortly before the 11 November Armistice brought an end
to the fighting. L-7 soon returned to the Western Hemisphere.
From February 1919 until 1922 the submarine was based in California,
mainly employed on experimental duties. She transited the Panama
Canal for the last time in mid-1922, headed for Hampton Roads,
Virginia, where she was decommissioned in November. Following
three years of inactivity, USS L-7 was sold for scrapping
in December 1925.
This page features the only views we have concerning USS
L-7 (Submarine # 46, later SS-46).
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 81353
USS L-7 (Submarine # 46)
In port, circa 1917, possibly prior to delivery by her builders,
the Craig Shipbuilding Company of Long Beach, California.
Note that she still has an open bridge.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 51134
USS L-6 (Submarine # 45)
or
USS L-7 (Submarine # 46)
Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 15 April 1918.
This submarine has been fitted with the newly adopted "chariot
bridge".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 103256
Submarines at a West Coast port, circa 1919-1922
The Lake type USS L-8 (SS-48) is at the outboard (left)
end of the nest, with her sister, USS L-7 (SS-46), in
the middle (3rd from left). USS H-3 (SS-30) is between
them, with another Electric Boat Company submarine second from
right. The inboard (right) "boat" and that in the foreground
are the other two units of the Lake-designed L-5 class,
USS L-5 (SS-44) and USS L-6 (SS-45).
Note piloting station details, periscope, and wide deck of the
Lake type "L-boat" in the foreground.
Collection of Chief Engineman Virgil Breland, USN. Donated by
Mrs. E.H. Breland, 1979.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 103255
Submarines at a West Coast port, circa 1919-1922
The Lake type USS L-8 (SS-48) is at the outboard (left)
end of the nest, with her sister, USS L-7 (SS-46), in
the middle (3rd from left). USS H-3 (SS-30) is between
them, with another Electric Boat Company submarine second from
right. The inboard "boat" and that in the foreground
are the other two units of the Lake-designed L-5 class,
USS L-5 (SS-44) and USS L-6 (SS-45).
Note the "Y-tube" hydrophone mounted on the bow of
the submarine in the foreground.
Collection of Chief Engineman Virgil Breland, USN. Donated by
Mrs. E.H. Breland, 1979.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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