SS-72 O-11
(SS-72: dp. 491 (surf.), 566 (subm.); 1. 175'; b. 16'7";
dr.13'11"; s. 14 k. (surf.), 11 k. (subm.); cpl. 29; a. 1 3", 4 18" tt.; cl. -
11).
0-11 (SS-72) was laid down 6 March 1916 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Co.,
Bridgeport, Conn.; launched 29 October 1917;
sponsored by Mrs. Bernard M. Baruch and commissioned at New York 19 October
1918, Lt. comdr. F. W. Scanland in command.
Commissioned too late for World War I service, 0-11 joined other boats of her
class at Cape May, N.J. in 1919. On 20 September 1919, she was placed in
commission, in reserve at Cape May and steamed to Philadelphia in October;
workmen at Philadelphia spent months working on the boat before she departed for
Coco Solo.
The arrival of a sub squadron at Coco Solo in 1913 had demonstrated the
usefulness of the boats, the base continued as a distant submarine overhaul and
testing area into the 1920s. 0-11 reported there in 1922, after deck crews had
brought her up to prime efficiency, she took several test dives off Panama m
spring 1923. In October, she sailed to Philadelphia.
0-11 decommissioned at Philadelphia 21 June 1924 and was turned over to the
Commandant, Navy Yard, Philadelphia. Struck from the Navy Register 9 May 1930,
the boat was sold in July 1930.