USS O-15

USS O-15 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, on 28 June 1919
History
United States
NameO-15
Ordered3 March 1916
BuilderCalifornia Shipbuilding Company, at the Craig Shipbuilding Company, in Long Beach, California
Cost$611,272.76 (hull and machinery)
Laid down21 September 1916
Launched12 February 1918
Sponsored byMrs. James J. Murphy
Commissioned27 August 1918
Decommissioned11 June 1924
Stricken9 May 1930
Identification
FateSold for scrap, 30 July 1930
General characteristics
Class & typeO-11-class submarine
Displacement
  • 485 long tons (493 t) surfaced
  • 566 long tons (575 t) submerged
Length175 ft (53 m)
Beam16 ft 7 in (5.05 m)
Draft13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
Installed power
  • 1,000 bhp (746 kW)
  • 800 hp (597 kW)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 14 kn surfaced
  • 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) submerged
Range
  • 5500 nmi at 11.5 kn surfaced
  • 250 nmi at 5 kn submerged
Test depth200 ft
Capacity18,588 US gal (70,360 L; 15,478 imp gal) fuel
Complement
  • 2 officers
  • 27 enlisted
Armament
  • 4 × 18 inch bow torpedo tubes (8 torpedoes)
  • 1 × 3 in/23 caliber retractable deck gun

USS O-15 (SS-76), also known as "Submarine No. 76", was one of 16 O-class submarines of the United States Navy commissioned during World War I.