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L-10 (SS-50)

Radio Call Sign: November - Yankee - Whiskey
L-1 Class Submarine: Laid down, 17 February 1915, at Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 16 March 1916; Commissioned, USS L-10, 2 August 1916; Designated (SS-50), 17 July 1920; Decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 5 May 1922, at Philadelphia, PA.; Struck from the Naval Register Final, date unknown; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 31 July 1922 to Joseph G. Hitner , Philadelphia.
Partial data submitted by Yves Hubert.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 450 t., Submerged: 548 t..; Length 167' 5"; Beam 17' 5"; Draft 13' 7"; Speed, Surfaced 14 kts, Submerged 10.5 kts; Depth Limit 200'; Complement 2 Officers, 26 Enlisted; Armament, four 18", torpedo tubes, 8 torpedoes, one 3"/23 deck gun; Propulsion, diesel-electric, New London Ship & Engine Co, diesel engine, HP 900, Fuel Capacity, 18,977 gal., Electro Dynamic Co, electric motor, HP 680, Battery Cells, 120, single propeller.
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0805013		NRPRESENTATION OF COLORS TO THE RADIO SCHOOL AT HARVARD
Miss Catherine Rush, daughter of Commander Rush, commandant of the Charlestown (Mass.) Navy yard, presenting a stand of colors to the Harvard radio school at Cambridge, 19 September. The Japanese mission visiting Boston witnessed the presentation.
The L-10 (SS-50) was sponsored by Miss Catherine Rush.		Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from The Bridgeport Evening Farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 06 October 1917, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
L-10 86k L-10 (SS-50) bow view at rest at Provincetown, Mass., 7 June 1916. USN photo # CR-13818, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
L-10 77k L-10 (SS-50) underway at 14 knots at Provincetown, Mass., 24 May 1916. USN photo # 19-N-3798, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
L-10 78k L-10 (SS-50) underway at 14 knots, starboard view at Provincetown, Mass., 24 May 1916. USN photo # 19-N-3797, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
L-10 109k L-10 (SS-50) underway at 8.3 knots, portside view at Provincetown, Mass., 25 May 1916. USN photo # 19-N-13787, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
L-10 89k L-10 (SS-50) underway at 8.3 knots at Provincetown, Mass., 26 May 1916.
L-10 was a typical E.B. L-Boat. Note her temporary canvas bridge screen and fixed (non-housing) periscopes. The object forward of her bridge fairwater is a disappearing 3in/23 gun. 		Partial text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
USN photo # 19-N-3799, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
L-10 70k L-10 (SS-50) at rest, portside view at Provincetown, Mass., 5 June 1916. USN photo # 19-N-37911, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
M-1 743k All the news that's fit to misprint, #1.
UNITED STATES TESTS FIRST OF BIG NEW SEA-GOING SUBMARINES
The M-1 (SS-47) is shown on her trial trip off Provincetown, Mass., on 6 July. She is 230 1/2 feet long, with 21 1/2-foot beam. Her radius of action is 2,000 miles.
She is not as large as the German submarine Deutschland, now at Baltimore, whose length is 315 feet, with a 30 foot beam.
It is actually an EB design L-class boat. The paper that originally published the photo misidentified it. The caption is wrong.		Photo & text i.d. courtesy of David Johnston
Image provided by: Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from Evening Public Ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 11 July 1916, Night Extra, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
M-1 531k All the news that's fit to misprint, # 2.
LARGEST SUBMARINE STANDS STIFF TEST
Above is a picture of the U.S. submarine M-1 (SS-47) the largest submarine of our navy. She was photographed while being put through an exciting trip at Provincetown. Mass. She can travel 5000 miles without a stop, 1000 more than was covered by the Deutschland.".
It is actually an EB design L-class boat. The paper that originally published the photo misidentified it. The caption is wrong.		Photo & text i.d. courtesy of David Johnston
Image and text provided by University of North Texas; Denton, TX.
Photo from El Paso Herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 21 July 1916, HOME EDITION, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
Pennell 127k What looks to be L-class (SS-40/51) submarines in dry dock, by the artist Joseph Pennell, 1917. Photo # 3c19552v, LC-USZ62-119552. Photograph courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
Tonopah 496k A MOTHER SEADOG GUARDING HER PUPPIES
This interesting photograph was taken within the Charlestown Navy Yard, where the United States submarine tender Tonopah (M-8) lies at anchor with her undersea charges, comprising submarine fleet No.3, of the North Atlantic fleet.
Probable submarines are the E.B. designed L-boats (SS-40 / 43 & 49 / 51), [L-1 thru 4 & 9 thru 11.]		Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA.
Photo from Evening Public Ledger.(Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 02 June 1917, Postscript Edition, Pictorial Section, Image 19, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
L 9 - 11 100k Circa December 1917 - January 1918 photo of the L-9 (SS-49), L-10 (SS-50) & L-11 (SS-51) wearing the A.L. of WW I, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
L- boats 753k Sack Time. Typical of the subject submarines, here men are stacked four high on canvas fold away bunks aboard an American L-boat in the European theater. Photo from Illustrated London News, 28 September, 1918, courtesy of Beneath the Surface: World War I Submarines Built in Seattle and Vancouver by Bill Lightfoot.
L-boats 600k "L" class submarines probably alongside Bushnell (AS-2) at Bantry Bay, Ireland, in 1918. L-3 (SS-42), L-1 (SS-40), L-10 (SS-50), L-4 (SS-43), L-9 (SS-49). USN photo # Lot-5410-23,Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels Collection. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of the Library of Congress via National Museum of the U.S. Navy via flickr.com.
SS-51,50,40, 49 & 411.02k L-boats alongside Bushnell (AS-2) at Bantry Bay, Ireland, in 1918. These submarines are, from left to right:
L-11 (SS-51),
L-10 (SS-50),
L-1 (SS-40),
L-9 (SS-49) &
L-2 (SS-41).
Identification marks painted on these "boats"' fairwaters include the letter "A", to distinguish them from British L-boats . 		National Archives Identifier: 45513695
Local Identifier: 165-WW-338B-003
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
SS-501.24kL-10 (SS-50) at Berehaven, Ireland in 1918. National Archives Identifier: 45513757
Local Identifier: 165-WW-338B-32.
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
L-4, 10 & 11 61k Bushnell (AS-2) at anchor in Bantry Bay, Ireland, 1918. The submarines alongside are (from left to right): L-4 (SS-43); L-11 (SS-51); and L-10 (SS-50). USN photo # NH 52856, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Collection of Rear Admiral Harold F. Pullen, USN. Loaned via Captain Paul B. Ryan, USN (Retired), 1977.
SS-50,40, 49 & 4380k L-boats alongside Bushnell (AS-2) at Bantry Bay, Ireland, in 1918. These submarines are, from left to right:
L-1 (SS-40),
L-10 (SS-50),
L-4 (SS-43)&
L-9 (SS-49). 		USNHC photograph, # NH 51171.
SS-50,40, 49 & 4387k L-boats alongside Bushnell (AS-2) at Bantry Bay, Ireland, in 1918. These submarines are, from left to right:
L-1 (SS-40),
L-10 (SS-50),
L-4 (SS-43) &
L-9 (SS-49).
Note the smoke from the submarines' engines. 		USNHC photograph, # NH 51170.
L-10 43k Signal flags fly from her conning tower as the L-10 (SS-50) passes an American battleship, probably the Nevada (BB-36) in Bantry Bay, Ireland, circa 1918. Photo from War Under The Pacific, by K.Wheeler, and submitted courtesy of Robert Hurst.
SS-50406kL-10 (SS-50) photographed while in Scotland. National Archives Identifier: 45513721
Local Identifier: 165-WW-338B-015
Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov
L-10
0805010		2.69kWhat might be a passing event as the L-10's (SS-50) CO salutes the camera as she passes infront of WW I soldiers & sailors circa 1918.Photo courtesy of digitalcommonwealth.org via the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
SS-50,40, & 4383kThese submarines are, from left to right:
L-4 (SS-43),
L-10 (SS-50),
L-1 (SS-40).
At the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, soon after their 1 February 1919 return to the U.S. from European waters. Note what appears to be a very long "homeward bound" pennant flying from the top of L-1's (SS-40), periscope. 		USNHC photograph, # NH 51158.
SS-50,40, & 4383kThese submarines are, from left to right:
L-4 (SS-43),
L-10 (SS-50),
L-1 (SS-40).
At the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, soon after their 1 February 1919 return to the U.S. from European waters. Note chevrons painted on the submarines' fairwaters, signifying World War I overseas service. 		USNHC photograph, # NH 51144.
SS-50,40, & 4383kThese submarines are, from left to right:
L-4 (SS-43),
L-10 (SS-50),
L-1 (SS-40).
At the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, soon after their 1 February 1919 return to the U.S. from European waters. Ship in the immediate background is either Quinnebaug (ID # 1687) or Saranac (ID # 1702), with the other of the two beyond her. 		USNHC photograph, # NH 51142.
SS-50,40, & 43104kThese submarines are, from left to right:
L-4 (SS-43),
L-10 (SS-50),
L-1 (SS-40).
At the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, soon after their 1 February 1919 return to the U.S. from European waters. Ship in the immediate background is either Quinnebaug (ID # 1687) or Saranac (ID # 1702), with the other of the two beyond her. 		USNHC photograph, # NH 51143.
SS-18, 19, 40, 43 & 50832kD-3 (SS-19), at left, and D-2 (SS-18) center at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 5 March 1919, with shipyard workmen on board. Note the ventilating fans on D-3's deck. A derrick barge is alongside D-2. Among the four submarines visible in the background are L-1 (SS-40), L-4 (SS-43) and L-10 (SS-50). A motorcycle is parked at the far left. USNHC photograph # NH 51157.
L-10 70k L-10 (SS-50), seen alongside and unidentified Eagle Boat (PE), at Fells Point, Baltimore. Modern Electric Welding was at 915 South Ann Street there, and Lord Mott Co. (the other sign visible) was a Baltimore oyster company. Safe to say photo is 1919-1922. Photo i.d. via David Wright.
Photo courtesy of Vance Adams Jr, in memory of his father, Lt. Vance Adams.
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