USS H-1

USS H-1, ex-Seawolf, off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 30 January 1914
History
United States
NameSeawolf
NamesakeThe seawolf
BuilderUnion Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Cost$510,428.77 (hull and machinery)
Laid down22 March 1911
Launched6 May 1913
Sponsored byMiss Leslie Makins
Commissioned1 December 1913
RenamedH-1 (Submarine No.28), 17 November 1911
Stricken12 April 1920
Identification
FateGrounded on a shoal, 12 March 1920
General characteristics
TypeH-class submarine
Displacement
  • 358 long tons (364 t) surfaced
  • 467 long tons (474 t) submerged
Length150 ft 4 in (45.82 m)
Beam15 ft 10 in (4.83 m)
Draft12 ft 5 in (3.78 m)
Installed power
  • 950 hp (710 kW) (diesel engines)
  • 600 hp (450 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced
  • 10.5 kn (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged
Range
  • 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced
  • 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth200 ft (61 m)
Capacity11,800 US gal (45,000 L; 9,800 imp gal) fuel
Complement
  • 2 officers
  • 23 enlisted
Armament4 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (8 torpedoes)

USS Seawolf/H-1 (SS-28), also known as "Submarine No. 28", was the lead ship of her class of submarine of the United States Navy (USN). She was the first ship of the USN to be named for the seawolf, though she was renamed H-1 prior to launching.