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Photo # NH 41963:  USS K-4, photographed circa 1918

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USS K-4 (Submarine # 35, later SS-35), 1914-1931.
Name changed from Walrus before construction

USS K-4, a 392-ton K-1 class submarine built at Seattle, Washington, was originally assigned the name Walrus. However, this was changed in November 1911, nearly three years before she was commissioned in October 1914. As part of the Pacific Fleet, K-4 served along the U.S. West Coast and in Hawaiian waters until late 1917, when she was sent through the Panama Canal to begin operations out of Key West, Florida. Following the end of World War I the submarine remained in the Atlantic, mainly performing training duties. USS K-4 was decommissioned in May 1923 and, following eight years in reserve, was sold as scrap in June 1931.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS K-4 (Submarine # 35, later SS-35).


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

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Photo #: NH 41972

USS K-4
(Submarine # 35)

Underway prior to World War I, possibly in the Seattle, Washington, area when she was first completed in 1914.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 41963

USS K-4
(Submarine # 35)

Photographed circa 1918.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 42542

USS Alert
(1875-1922)

Tied up at Kuahua Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, while serving as a submarine tender, 22 August 1917.
Submarines alongside Alert include, from inboard to outboard, K-4 (Submarine # 35), K-3 (Submarine # 34) and either K-7 (Submarine # 38) or K-8 (Submarine # 39).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 515 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 41968

USS K-4
(Submarine # 35)

Underway with a sister submarine, trimming down "ready for nose dive", circa 1918.
The second submarine is probably K-3, K-7 or K-8.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 555 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 41967

USS K-4
(Submarine # 35)

Running abreast with a sister submarine, trimming down "ready for nose dive", circa 1918.
The second submarine is probably K-3, K-7 or K-8.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 560 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 41971

USS K-4
(Submarine # 35)

Underway, circa 1918, with an airplane hovering distantly overhead.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 625 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 41969

USS K-4
(Submarine # 35)

Underway, circa 1918, photographed from another submarine.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 590 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 41970

USS K-4
(Submarine # 35)

Underway, circa 1918, with another submarine and a tanker in the distance.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 595 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 41966

USS K-4
(Submarine # 35)

Submerging, circa 1918.
A sister submarine, probably K-3, K-7 or K-8, is further in the distance.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 605 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 41964

USS K-4
(Submarine # 35)

Running at periscope depth, circa 1918.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 540 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 41965

USS K-4
(Submarine # 35)

Submerging, circa 1918.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 535 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103194-A

Submarines K-7
(SS-38), K-4 (SS-35) and K-6 (SS-37)
(listed from left to right)

Alongside USS Bushnell (AS-2), 27 August 1921.
This image is cropped from Photo # NH 103194, a panoramic photograph taken by J.C. Crosby, 11 Portland Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 575 pixels

 

The following photographs may show USS K-4:

  • Photo # NH 45435: USS Cheyenne (Monitor # 10) with a "K" class submarine, circa 1918-1919; and
  • Photo # NH 45436: same subject.


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


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    Page made 18 September 2004
    New image added 18 November 2005