>From the “Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships,” 

(1970) Vol. 5, p.1.





N-1



SS-53

Displacement:

	Surfaced:  348 t.

	Submerged:  414 t.

Length:  147’3”

Beam:  15’9”

Draft:  12’6”

Speed:  

	Surfaced:  13 k.

	Submerged:  11 k.

Complement:  25

Armament:  4 18” torpedo tubes

Class:  N-1



	N-1 (SS-53) was laid down 26 July 1915 by Seattle 

Construction and Drydock Co., Seattle, Wash.; launched 30 

December 1916; sponsored by Mrs. Guy E. Davis; and 

commissioned 26 September 1917, Lt. G. A. Trevor in command.



	Designed as a coast defense submarine, N-l was fitted 

out at Puget Sound Navy Yard and then departed 21 November 

1917 for San Francisco in company with her sisters N-2 and 

N-3.  Reassigned to the East Coast, she departed San 

Francisco 13 December for Balboa, Canal Zone and thence 

proceeded via Cristobal, C.Z., Jamaica, Key West, and 

Norfolk, to New London, Conn., arriving 7 February 1918.



	Reporting for duty to Commander, 1st Naval District, 

the submarine began her first patrol 23 June by hunting for 

a U-boat reported in the vicinity of Cape Cod.  After an 

intensive but fruitless search, N-l continued her patrol off 

the New England Coast.  For the remainder of the war and 

until early 1922, N-l continued her operations in the area 

from New London to Bar Harbor.



	Placed in reduced commission 1 May 1922, N-l became a 

training submarine for the Submarine School, New London.  

She continued this duty until ordered to Philadelphia Navy 

Yard on 9 December 1925.  Arriving at Philadelphia, 18 

December, she was decommissioned 30 April 1926.  Struck from 

the Naval Vessel Register 18 December 1930, N-l was scrapped 

in early 1931.





Transcribed by Michael Hansen

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