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Uss L-6 (Ss-45) | style="text-align: center" colspan="2"| | | tyle="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| USN Jack | style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| Career | | rdered: | | | aid down: | 27 May 1914 | | aunched: | 31 August 1916 | | ommissioned: | 7 December 1917 | | ecommissioned: | 25 November 1922 | | ate: | sold for scrap | | tricken: | | | olspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; background: navy;"|General Characteristics | | isplacement: | 456 tons surfaced, 524 tons submerged | | ength: | 165 feet | | eam: | 14 feet 9 inches | | raft: | 13 feet 3 inches | | ropulsion: | | | peed: | 14 knots surfaced, 10.5 knots submerged | | ange: | | | omplement: | 28 officers and men | | rmament: | one three-inch gun, four 18-inch torpedo tubes | | otto: | USS L-6 (SS-45) was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 27 May 1914 by Craig Shipbuilding Company in Long Beach, California. The L-boats designed by Lake Torpedo Boat (L-5 through L-8) were built to slightly different specifications from the other L-boats, which were designed by Electric Boat, and are sometimes considered a separate L-5 class. L-6 was launched on 31 August 1916 sponsored by Mrs. William R. Monroe, and commissioned on 7 December 1917 with Lieutenant H. B. Berry in command. After exercises along the West Coast, L-6 departed Pacific waters 20 April 1918, arriving Charleston, South Carolina, on 10 June. Following a brief overhaul, the submarine patrolled off Charleston until she sailed 15 October for the eastern Atlantic. Arriving Ponta Delgada, Azores, in early November, L-6 joined Submarine Division 6 just prior to the signing of the Armistice with Germany on 11 November. After making stops in Caribbean Sea and Central American ports, L-6 arrived San Pedro, California, on 14 February 1919, completing one of the best long-distance seagoing performances of the United States's youthful submarine force. From 1919 to 1922, she remained on the West Coast, experimenting with new torpedoes and undersea detection equipment. L-6 was placed in commission, in ordinary, 24 March 1922; returned to full commission 1 July; and sailed for the East Coast the same month. Upon arrival Hampton Roads, L-6 decommissioned 25 November 1922, and was sold to M. Samuel and Sons on 21 December 1925 for scrapping. References L-6
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