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Photo # NH 51122:  USS L-2 afloat immediately after launching, 11 February 1915

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USS L-2 (Submarine # 41, later SS-41), 1916-1933 -- Part II


This page features additional views related to USS L-2 (Submarine # 41, later SS-41).

For other images concerning this submarine, see:

  • USS L-2 (Submarine # 41, later SS-41), 1916-1933.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 51172

    "L" Type Submarines


    Alongside USS Bushnell (Submarine Tender # 2) at Bantry Bay, Ireland, in 1918.
    These submarines are, from left to right:
    unidentified submarine;
    USS L-11 (Submarine # 51);
    USS L-10 (Submarine # 50);
    USS L-1 (Submarine # 40);
    USS L-9 (Submarine # 49); and
    USS L-2 (Submarine # 41).
    Identification marks painted on these "boats"' fairwaters include the letter "A", to distinguish them from British "L" Type submarines.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-1024919

    "L" Type Submarines


    Alongside USS Bushnell (Submarine Tender # 2) at Bantry Bay, Ireland, in 1918.
    These submarines are, from left to right:
    unidentified submarine;
    USS L-11 (Submarine # 51);
    USS L-10 (Submarine # 50);
    USS L-1 (Submarine # 40);
    USS L-9 (Submarine # 49); and
    USS L-2 (Submarine # 41).
    Identification marks painted on these "boats"' fairwaters include the letter "A", to distinguish them from British "L" Type submarines.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 470 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 92826

    U-124
    (German Submarine, 1918)

    View of the submarine's 15cm/45 (5.9") deck gun, photographed in an English port by N.R. George, circa late 1918.
    USS L-2 (Submarine # 41) is in the immediate background.

    Donation of Ted Stone, 1981.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51176

    USS L-11
    (Submarine # 51), at left, and
    USS L-2 (Submarine # 41)

    Docking at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, assisted by a harbor tug, circa February 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51178

    USS L-11
    (Submarine # 51)

    With crew members on deck, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, circa February 1919.
    USS L-2 (Submarine # 41) is in the immediate background.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51167

    "L" class submarines


    Tied up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, with a harbor tug outboard, circa February 1919.
    Submarines are (from left to right):
    USS L-3 (Submarine # 42);
    USS L-9 (Submarine # 49);
    USS L-11 (Submarine # 51); and
    USS L-2 (Submarine # 41).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102786

    USS L-2
    (Submarine # 41)

    U.S. National Ensign flown by L-2 during her 10 July 1918 encounter with the German submarine UB-65 off Fasnet Light, Ireland. UB-65 was sunk on this occasion.
    L-2 was commanded at that time by Lieutenant Paul F. Foster, USN.

    Collection Vice Admiral Paul F. Foster, USNR, donated by his estate in 1976.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 115KB; 590 x 715 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102785

    Lieutenant Commander Paul F. Foster, USN


    Letter of 11 November 1920, presenting the Distinguished Service Medal to LCdr. Foster for "exceptionally meritorious service" while commanding USS L-2 (Submarine # 41) in an action with a German submarine on 10 July 1918.
    The letter is signed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels.

    Collection Vice Admiral Paul F. Foster, USNR, donated by his estate in 1976.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51122

    USS L-2
    (Submarine # 41)

    Afloat immediately after her launching, at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, on 11 February 1915.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     


    For other images concerning this submarine, see:

  • USS L-2 (Submarine # 41, later SS-41), 1916-1933.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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