USS O-8

	USS O-8 with the "Victory Fleet" off New York City, in 1919
History
United States
Name	O-8
Ordered	3 March 1916
Builder	Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost	$522,187.97 (hull and machinery)
Laid down	27 February 1917
Launched	31 December 1917
Sponsored by	Mrs. Alice Burg
Commissioned	11 July 1918
Decommissioned	27 May 1931
Recommissioned	28 April 1941
Decommissioned	11 September 1945
Stricken	11 October 1945
Identification	Hull symbol: SS-69 (17 July 1920); Call sign: NAMD; ;
Fate	Sold for scrap, 4 September 1946
General characteristics
Class & type	O-1-class submarine
Displacement	520 long tons (528 t) surfaced; 629 long tons (639 t) submerged;
Length	172 ft 4 in (52.53 m)
Beam	18 ft (5.5 m)
Draft	14 ft 5 in (4.39 m)
Installed power	880 bhp (656 kW) diesel; 740 hp (552 kW) electric;
Propulsion	2 × NELSECO 6-EB-14 diesel engines; 2 × Electro-Dynamic Company electric motors; 2 × 60-cell batteries; 2 × Propellers;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced; 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged;
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) surfaced; 250 nmi (460 km) at 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged;
Test depth	200 ft (61 m)
Capacity	21,897 US gal (82,890 L; 18,233 imp gal) fuel
Complement	2 officers; 27 enlisted;
Armament	4 × 18 inch (450 mm) bow torpedo tubes (8 torpedoes); 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 caliber retractable deck gun;

USS O-8 (SS-69), also known as "Submarine No. 69", was one of 16 O-class submarines of the United States Navy commissioned during World War I. She was recommissioned prior to the United States entry into WWII, for use as a trainer.