USS Savannah (AS-8)
Savannah with three S-class submarines alongside, in December 1924 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Builder | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany |
| Launched | 18 April 1899 |
| Acquired | seized 1917 |
| Commissioned | 3 November 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 26 June 1934 |
| Renamed | AS-8 on 15 September 1933 |
| Stricken | 26 June 1934 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 10,800 tons |
| Length | 414 ft 6 in (126.34 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft 1 in (14.05 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m) |
| Complement | 275 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | four 5-inch guns |
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USS Savannah (Id. No. 3015) (later designated AS-8) was a submarine tender in the United States Navy in World War I and the years after. She was launched 18 April 1899 as a German commercial freighter SS Saxonia, but was seized by the United States in 1917 and renamed Savannah. In 1933, the ship was renamed USS AS-8 to allow USS Savannah to have the Savannah name.