USS T-1 SS 52
(ex-Schley, ex- AA-1)
Photo taken Sept.
8, 1919 off Provincetown, Mass.
SCHLEY (Submarine No. 52) was laid down on 21 June 1916
at the Fore River Shipbuilding Co. yard in Quincy, Mass., by
the Electric Boat Co. of New York; renamed AA-1 on 23 August
1917 to free the name Schley for Destroyer No. 103; launched
on 25 July 1918; sponsored by Mrs. Lilian Hovey-King; and
commissioned on 30 January 1920 at Boston, Mass.; Lt. Comdr.
James Parker, Jr., in command.
AA-1 was one of three boats designed and constructed
under a project charged with developing fleet submarines;
that is, undersea boats possessing the sea keeping qualities
and endurance capability required for long-range operations,
as scouts for the surface fleet. On 17 July 1920, while the
submarine was being fitted-out, the Navy adopted its modern
system of alpha-numeric hull numbers, and the fleet
submarine was designated SF-1. On 20 September, she was
renamed T-1. Thus, by the time she began active service
that fall, she was known as T-1 (SF-1).
USS T-1 SS 52
(ex-Schley, ex- AA-1)
USS T-1 SS 52
(ex-Schley, ex- AA-1)
Photo provided by Rick Larson
MMCM(SS) (ret.)
USS T-1 SS 52
(ex-Schley, ex- AA-1)
Photo provided by Rick Larson
MMCM(SS) (ret.)
USS AA-1 SS 52
(ex-Schley) under construction.
Photo provided by Rick Larson
MMCM(SS) (ret.)
USS AA-1 SS 52
(ex-Schley) under construction.
Photo provided by Rick Larson
MMCM(SS) (ret.)
USS AA-1 SS 52
(ex-Schley) under construction.
Photo provided by Rick Larson
MMCM(SS) (ret.)
USS AA-1 SS 52
(ex-Schley) under construction.
Photo provided by Rick Larson
MMCM(SS) (ret.)
USS AA-1 SS 52
(ex-Schley) post launch.
Photo provided by Rick Larson
MMCM(SS) (ret.)
USS T-1 alongside
the USS Fulton
Photo provided by Rick Larson
MMCM(SS) (ret.)
USS T-1 alongside
the USS Fulton, gun and crew detail.
Photo provided by Rick Larson
MMCM(SS) (ret.)
USS T-1
This photo is
believed to be the launch photo of the
USS T-2 (AA-2),
September 6, 1919.
This has been done
by comparison with the photo below.
This could also
be the T-3. I have no T-3 photos to compare with.
US
Navy Photo
USS T-2 (AA-2)
SS60
Many
thanks to Charles R. Hinman, Education & Outreach, USS Bowfin Submarine
Museum & Park and the Bowfin Museum
USS T-3 at the Fore River Ship Yard
USS T-3 alongside the USS T-1
USS T-3 on sea trials.
Photo provided by Rick Larson
MMCM(SS) (ret.)
Crew eating in the Control room of the USS T-3
This is just a best guess since the T-1, T-2 & T-3 were the only subs with a test depth of 150 feet and that is what the depth guage is clibrated to in this picture. The submarine was in service until 1927.
