USS K-6
Stern view of the K-6 (SS-37) at Horta, Fayal, Azores, in December 1917 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | K-6 |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 19 June 1912 |
| Launched | 26 March 1914 |
| Commissioned | 9 September 1914 |
| Decommissioned | 21 May 1923 |
| Reclassified | SS-37, 17 July 1920 |
| Stricken | 18 December 1930 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 3 June 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | K-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 153 ft 7 in (46.81 m) |
| Beam | 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric |
| Speed |
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| Complement | 28 officers and men |
| Armament | 4 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes |
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USS K-6 (SS-37) was a K-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 26 March 1914, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas Gaines Roberts, and commissioned on 9 September at Boston, Massachusetts.