USS L-1, first of a class of eight 450-ton L-1 class submarines built at Quincy, Massachusetts, to an Electric Boat Company design, was commissioned in April 1916. She served in East Coast waters until after the United States entered the First World War a year later, then was readied for overseas duty. In February 1918, following a trans-Atlantic voyage by way of the Azores, L-1 began anti-submarine patrols out of Bantry Bay, Ireland. She fired torpedoes at at least one German U-Boat, but made no hits. Her service in the war zone lasted after the 11 November 1918 Armistice ended the fighting, and in early 1919 she returned to the U.S. Employed thereafter for experimental work, USS L-1 was decommissioned in April 1922 and, since her engines were worn out, she was sold for scrapping in July of that year.
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Page made 31 January 2005
Photo caption corrected 9 March 2005