USS K-4

USS K-4 on sea trials, c. 1914
History
United States
NameWalrus
NamesakeThe walrus
BuilderThe Moran Company, Seattle, Washington
Cost$544,545.32 (hull and machinery)
Laid down27 January 1912
Launched19 March 1914
Sponsored byMrs. James P. Olding
Commissioned24 October 1914
Decommissioned10 May 1923
RenamedK-4 (Submarine No.35), 17 November 1911
Stricken18 December 1930
Identification
FateSold for scrapping, 3 June 1931
General characteristics
Class & typeK-class submarine
Displacement
  • 392 long tons (398 t) surfaced
  • 521 long tons (529 t) submerged
Length153 ft 7 in (46.81 m)
Beam16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
Draft13 ft 1 in (3.99 m)
Installed power
  • 950 hp (710 kW) (diesel engines)
  • 340 hp (250 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
  • 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
  • 120 nmi (220 km; 140 mi) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth200 ft (61 m)
Capacity18,126 US gal (68,610 L; 15,093 imp gal) fuel
Complement
  • 2 officers
  • 26 enlisted
Armament4 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (8 torpedoes)

USS Walrus/K-4 (SS-35), also known as "Submarine No. 35", was a K-class submarine, of the United States Navy (USN). Originally named Walrus, she was the first ship in the USN named for the walrus, though she was renamed K-4 prior to being laid down.