>From the “Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships,” (1970) Vol. 5, pp.120-121. O-6 SS-67 Displacement: Surfaced: 520.6 t. Submerged: 629 t. Length: 172’4” Beam: 18’0.25” Draft: 14’5” Speed: Surfaced: 14 k. Submerged: 10.5 k. Complement: 29 Armament: 1 3”/50; 4 18” torpedo tubes Class: O-1 O-6, was laid down 6 December 1916 by Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass.; launched 25 November 1917; sponsored by Mrs. Carrol Q. Wright; and commissioned at Boston 12 June 1918, Lt. C. Q. Wright, Jr., in command. During the final months of World War I, O-6 operated out of Philadelphia, on coastal patrol against U-boats, cruising from Cape Cod to Key West. A British merchantman fired 6 shots at O-6 on 14 July 1918, but caused no appreciable damage. On 2 November, the boat departed Newport in a 20-sub contingent bound for service in European waters, however, the Armistice had been signed before the vessels reached the Azores, and they returned to the United States. After the war, O-6 prolonged her Naval career by operating as a training ship out of New London. Reclassified to a 2nd line submarine 25 July 1924 while stationed at Coco Solo, C.Z., she reverted to 1st line class 6 June 1928 and continued at New London until February 1929, when she steamed to Philadelphia, to decommission there 9 June 1931. Submarines had proved to be a major weapon in World War I. As U.S. involvement in World War II approached, old subs were taken out of mothballs and prepared to renew training activities. O-6 recommissioned at Philadelphia 4 February 1941 and then returned to New London to train students at the sub school. On 19 June 1941, O-6 made a trial run to Portsmouth, N.H.; the next day O-9 went down 15 miles off Portsmouth. O-6 joined O-10, submarine TRITON (SS-201), and other vessels in the search for the lost sub, but to no avail. Remaining in the Portsmouth area, O-6 decommissioned there 11 September 1945, was struck from the Navy Register the same day, and was sold to John J. Duane Co., of Quincy 4 September 1946. The boat was subsequently scrapped in December 1946. Transcribed by Michael Hansen mhansen2@home.com