Affiliation | United States Navy |
Max Displacement | 520 |
Main Weapons | 1 |
Sub Guns | No |
Torpedo | 4 tubes (forward) |
Depth Charges | No |
Has Camouflage | No |
Cost | 149000 |
REXP | 4800 |
REXP Gain Rate | 10% |
Required Level | 18 |
Upgraded From | Atlanta Class |
Upgrades Into | S Class (USN) |
The United States Navy's sixteen O-class submarines were created out of the lessons learned from the L class. The O class were about 80 tons larger than the L class, with greater power and endurance for ocean patrols. Due to the American entry into World War I the O class were built much more rapidly than previous classes, and were all commissioned in 1918. O-1 through O-10 were group 1, designed byElectric Boat, O-11 through O-16 were group 2, designed by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company and sometimes considered a separate class. The group 2 boats entered service just before the end of World War I. Eight of the group 1 boats survived to serve in World War II as training boats when they were recommissioned in 1941.
The O class were built by five shipyards: O-1 by Portsmouth Navy Yard,Kittery, Maine, O-2 by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington,O-3 through O-10 by Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, O-11 through O-13 by Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, and O-14 through O-16 by California Shipbuilding (formerly Craig Shipbuilding), Long Beach, California.