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Photo # 80-G-451709:  USS K-2 painted in experimental camouflage, off Pensacola, Florida, 12 April 1916

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USS K-2 (Submarine # 33, later SS-33), 1914-1931.
Name changed from Cachelot before construction

USS K-2, a 392-ton K-1 class submarine, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts. Though originally named Cachalot, she was renamed in November 1911, four months before her keel was laid. Commissioned in at the end of January 1914, the new submarine operated off New England and in October of that year became part of the Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla. K-2 served along the U.S. East Coast until October 1917, when she was sent to the Azores as part of the U.S. Navy's First World War effort to counter German U-Boats. After a year's deployment, she returned to the U.S. in November 1918 and was employed on experimental duty along the Atlantic coast for the next four years. USS K-2 was decommissioned in March 1923 and scrapped in 1931.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS K-2 (Submarine # 33, later SS-33).


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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Photo #: 80-G-451709

USS K-2
(Submarine # 33)

Off Pensacola, Florida, 12 April 1916, while painted in an experimental camouflage scheme.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 610 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: NH 55005

USS K-2
(Submarine # 33)

In dry dock at Lisbon, Portugal, 1918.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 420 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 106267

USS K-2
(Submarine # 33), at right

And other U.S. Navy ships in port, circa 1917-1918.
The ship at left appears to be USS Artemis (SP-593, renamed Arcturus in February 1918). That in the center is a tug. They appear to be testing fire hoses.
The location may be the Azores, or a southern European port.
The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.

Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 465 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 55006

USS K-2
(Submarine # 33)

United States Legation visiting the submarine, at Lisbon, Portugal, during the summer of 1918.
View looks forward from the fairwater, with diving planes deployed at K-2's bow.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 82KB; 415 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 55007

USS K-2
(Submarine # 33)

United States Legation visiting the submarine, at Lisbon, Portugal, during the summer of 1918.
View looks forward from the fairwater.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

Online Image: 70KB; 400 x 765 pixels

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS K-2 (Submarine # 33). The following list features this image:

The image listed below is NOT in the Naval History and Heritage Command's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".



  • Photo #: 80-G-451711
    USS K-2 (Submarine # 33) underway, 12 April 1916.
    Starboard bow surface view. Though this photograph has the same date as Photo # 80-G-451709 (presented above), no camouflage is visible on the K-2's starboard side.

    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval History and Heritage Command's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 15 July 2004
    New image added 4 January 2009