USS H-5, a 358-ton submarine was built at Groton, Connecticut, for the Russian Government, but her delivery was stopped by the 1917 revolution in that country. After being temporarily held in disassembled form at Vancouver, British Columbia, H-5 was purchased by the U.S. Navy in May 1918. Completed by the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, she was commissioned at the end of September 1918. For all but the last few months of her career H-5 was based at San Pedro, California, and operated along the West Coast. In October 1922, after transiting to Norfolk, Virginia, during the previous summer, the submarine was placed out of commission and laid up. USS H-5 was stricken from the Navy List in February 1931 and sold for scrapping in November 1933.
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