H-9 SS-152

 

 

Langley

H—9

(SS-152: dp. 358 (n.); 1. 150'4"; b. 15'10"; dr. 12'5";
S. 14 k.; cpl. 25; a. 4 18" tt.; c1. H-1)

H-9, (SS-152) was launched at Puget Sound Navy Yard on 23 November 1918, commissioned there 25 November Lt. Clarke Withers in command.

Joining SubDiv 6 at San Pedro, and later being transferred to SubDiv 7 there, H~ participated in a variety of battle and training exercises along the West Coast. She also patrolled off Santa Catalina Island, and put in at Mare Island for periodic overhauls.

H-9 sailed from San Pedro on 25 July 1922 and arrived in Norfolk 14 September, with SubDivs 6 and 7. The submarine decommissioned at Norfolk on 3 November 1922. Her name was struck from the Navy List 26 February 1931. She was sold for scrapping 28 November 1933.