 O-8 with the "Victory Fleet" off New York City in 1919
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | O-8 |
| Ordered | 3 March 1916 |
| Builder | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 27 February 1917 |
| Launched | 31 December 1917 |
| Commissioned | 11 July 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 27 May 1931 |
| Recommissioned | 28 April 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 11 September 1945 |
| Stricken | 11 October 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 4 September 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | O-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 172 ft 3 in (52.5 m) |
| Beam | 18 ft 1 in (5.5 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 5 in (4.4 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) on the surface |
| Test depth | 200 feet (61.0 m) |
| Complement | 2 officers, 27 enlisted |
| Armament | |
USS O-8 (SS-69) was one of 16 O-class submarines built for the United States Navy during World War I.