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