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Photo # NH 103176:  USS O-6 underway during the 1920s

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USS O-6 (Submarine # 67, later SS-67), 1918-1946

USS O-6, a 521-ton O-1 class submarine, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts. She was placed in commission in mid-June 1918 and conducted patrols against German submarines in U.S. East Coast waters for the next several months. When the 11 November 1918 Armistice brought an end to World War I's fighting O-6 was en route to the Azores, but soon returned home. For more than a decade, she operated in the western Atlantic and Caribbean areas, mainly on training assignments. Decommissioned in June 1931, she was laid up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

World War II brought the now quite aged submarine back into active service. She recommissioned in early February 1941 and went to New England waters to again perform training duty. USS O-6 was decommissioned for the second time in September 1945 and sold for scrapping in early September 1946.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS O-6 (Submarine # 67, later SS-67).


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Photo #: NH 103176

USS O-6
(SS-67)

Underway during the 1920s

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

Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 475 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103054

USS O-6
(SS-67)

Underway at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa the early 1920s.
The original image is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock. It was photographed by Denson.

Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 475 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103186

USS O-6
(Submarine # 67)

In drydock with other "O" type submarines, at the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, circa 1919.

Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini, 1990.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 465 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 101013

"O-Boats" of Submarine Division Eight


At the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, circa Christmas 1918. Note holiday greenery displayed on the submarines' superstructures. The three outboard submarines are (from left to right):
USS O-6 (Submarine # 67);
USS O-3 (Submarine # 64); and
USS O-7 (Submarine # 68).
The two-stack ship in the left center distance is probably USS Dubuque (Gunboat # 17).

Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman 1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 450 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 98630

USS Savannah (ID # 3015)


With "O"-type submarines alongside, circa 1919.
USS O-6 (Submarine # 67) is outboard at Savannah's bow, and USS O-8 (Submarine # 69) is outboard at her stern.

Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 440 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103193

Submarine Division 8
,
Commander Guy E. Davis commanding

Nine of the Division's ten "O" type submarines at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 16 August 1921.
Panoramic photograph by Crosby, "Naval Photographer", 11 Portland Street, Boston.
Submarines in the front row are (from left to right): O-3 (SS-64), O-6 (SS-67), O-9 (SS-70) and O-1 (SS-62).
Those in the second row are (from left to right): O-7 (SS-68), unidentified (either O-2 or O-8), O-5 (SS-66), O-10 (SS-71) and O-4 (SS-65).
Large four-stacked ship in the left center distance is the U.S. Army Transport Mount Vernon.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 168KB; 1200 x 670 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 93672

Six "O" type submarines


Nested alongside a pier, in the Central American or Caribbean area, circa 1923-1924. USS O-6 (SS-67) and USS O-9 (SS-70) are the two outboard submarines.
USS Quail (AM-15) is also alongside the pier, in the left background.

Courtesy of the Estate of Virginia Cornwell, 1982.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 600 pixels

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS O-6 (SS-67). The following list features some of these images:

The images listed below are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."



  • Photo #: 80-G-1006333
    USS O-6 (Submarine # 67) aground on 3 May 1919.
    Port bow (rather toward the broadside) surface view. O-6 appears to be higher out of the water than normal. Location is not identified.

  • Photo #: 80-G-456106
    O-7 (SS-68) with several other submarines at the Coco Solo submarine base, Panama Canal Zone, October 1922. USS O-6 (SS-67) is alongside her. All the submarines are dressed with flags, probably in honor of Navy Day.
    Starboard broadside (somewhat toward the bow) surface view. O-6 is largely obscured by O-7.


  • Photo #: 80-G-15819
    USS O-6 (SS-67) underway on on the surface, probably going astern, 1942.
    Port quarter aerial view, with the submarine's stern cropped out of the lower right corner of the image. O-6's white diesel exhaust smoke is thick and streaming forward out of both sides of her hull. Several men are standing on her after deck and her fairwater.


    Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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


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    Page made 29 October 2005
    New description of National Archives' image added 26 January 2006