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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS O-7 (Submarine # 68, later SS-68), 1918-1946
USS O-7, a 521-ton O-1 class submarine built
at Quincy, Massachusetts, was commissioned in July 1918. She operated
along the U.S. East Coast for the next four months and in early
November began a voyage to the European war zone. However, when
the 11 November 1918 Armistice brought the First World War's fighting
to an end, O-7 returned home. Postwar, she was primarily
assigned to the Submarine School at New London, Connecticut. She
briefly deployed to the Panama Canal Zone in 1924 to participate
in Fleet maneuvers and in July 1931 was decommissioned and laid
up in the Philadelphia Navy Yard's "Red Lead Row".
The Second World War National Emergency brought the now quite
elderly O-7 back into active service. Recommissioned in
February 1941, she spend more than four years on training duty
at New London. With the war in Europe over and that in the Pacific
at a point where U.S. submarine operations were less intense,
USS O-7 was decommissioned early in July 1945. She was
sold for scrapping in January 1946.
This page features, and provides links to, all the views
we have concerning USS O-7 (Submarine # 68, later SS-68).
For more images related to this submarine, see:
USS O-7 (Submarine # 68, later
SS-68) -- Crew Members.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
  
    
    Photo #: NH 44552 
 
    USS O-7 (Submarine # 68) 
 
    Underway, probably during her trials in 1918. 
    Note the triangular marking on her fairwater. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
    Online Image: 44KB; 740 x 545 pixels |  
    
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    Photo #: NH 103434 
 
    USS O-7 (Submarine # 68) 
 
    Alongside USS Savannah (ID # 3015) with other submarines,
    circa Autumn 1918. The view looks aft from O-7's foredeck. 
    Note the pattern camouflage painted on Savannah's side. 
 
    Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini,
    1990. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
    Online Image: 75KB; 435 x 765 pixels |  
    
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    Photo #: NH 103435 
 
    "O" class submarines 
 
    Alongside USS Savannah (ID # 3015), at Cape May, New Jersey,
    circa Autumn 1918. 
    USS O-7 (Submarine # 68) is partially visible in the left
    foreground. 
    Note the pattern camouflage painted on Savannah's side. 
 
    Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini,
    1990. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 455 pixels |  
    
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    Photo #: NH 103431 
 
    USS O-7 (Submarine # 68) 
 
    Controls and air gauges in the submarine's operating compartment,
    circa 1918-1919. 
 
    Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini,
    1990. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
    Online Image: 81KB; 430 x 765 pixels |  
    
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    Photo #: NH 103432 
 
    USS O-7 (Submarine # 68) 
 
    Radio set installed on board the submarine, circa 1918-1919. 
 
    Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini,
    1990. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
    Online Image: 70KB; 440 x 765 pixels |  
    
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    Photo #: NH 103433 
 
    USS O-7 (Submarine # 68) 
 
    Electrical switchboard on board the submarine, circa 1918-1919. 
    Note that this photograph appears to be either a double-exposure
    or a somewhat blurred time exposure. 
 
    Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini,
    1990. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
    Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 455 pixels |  
    
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    Photo #: NH 103438 
 
    USS O-7 (Submarine # 68) 
 
    Rear view of O-7's 3"/23 retractable deck gun in
    the raised position, circa 1918-1919. 
    Note the gun's vertical block breech mechanism, round hatch shield,
    and ready-service ammunition attached to the base of the gun
    mount. 
 
    Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini,
    1990. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
    Online Image: 67KB; 430 x 765 pixels |  
    
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The following photographs show groups of submarines, with
USS O-7 among them:
  
    
    Photo #: NH 103436 
 
    USS O-7 (Submarine # 68) 
 
    Alongside USS Savannah (ID # 3015), circa Autumn 1918.
    The photograph was taken from on board another "O"
    class submarine. O-7 is in the right center, directly
    alongside Savannah. 
    Note the pattern camouflage painted on Savannah's side. 
 
    Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini,
    1990. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
    Online Image: 62KB; 435 x 765 pixels |  
    
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    Photo #: NH 103437 
 
    "O" class submarines 
 
    At the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, circa Christmas
    1918. Note holiday greenery displayed on the submarines' superstructures
    and masts. 
    USS O-10 (Submarine # 71) is partially visible at the
    extreme left. USS O-7 (Submarine # 68) is in the middle
    of this nest of five submarines. 
    USS Hartford, the Navy Yard's station ship, is in the
    background. 
 
    Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini,
    1990. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
    Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 465 pixels |  
    
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    Photo #: NH 101013 
 
    "O-Boats" of Submarine Division Eight 
 
    At the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, circa Christmas
    1918. Note holiday greenery displayed on the submarines' superstructures.
    The three outboard submarines are (from left to right): 
    USS O-6 (Submarine # 67); 
    USS O-3 (Submarine # 64); and 
    USS O-7 (Submarine # 68). 
    The two-stack ship in the left center distance is probably USS
    Dubuque (Gunboat # 17). 
 
    Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman
    1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 450 pixels |  
    
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    Photo #: NH 103193 
 
    Submarine Division 8, 
    Commander Guy E. Davis commanding 
 
    Nine of the Division's ten "O" type submarines at the
    Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 16 August 1921. 
    Panoramic photograph by Crosby, "Naval Photographer",
    11 Portland Street, Boston. 
    Submarines in the front row are (from left to right): O-3
    (SS-64), O-6 (SS-67), O-9 (SS-70) and O-1
    (SS-62). 
    Those in the second row are (from left to right): O-7
    (SS-68), unidentified (either O-2 or O-8), O-5
    (SS-66), O-10 (SS-71) and O-4 (SS-65). 
    Large four-stacked ship in the left center distance is the U.S.
    Army Transport Mount Vernon. 
 
    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. 
 
    Online Image: 168KB; 1200 x 670
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In addition to the images presented above, the National
Archives appears to hold other views of USS O-7 (SS-68).
The following list features some of these images:
The images listed below are NOT in
the Naval Historical Center's collections. 
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."
  
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    Photo #: 80-G-456106 
    O-7 (SS-68) with several other submarines at the Coco
    Solo submarine base, Panama Canal Zone, October 1922. USS O-6
    (SS-67) is alongside her. All the submarines are dressed with
    flags, probably in honor of Navy Day. 
    Starboard broadside (somewhat toward the bow) surface view. O-6
    is largely obscured by O-7.
     
     
    Photo #: 80-G-237934 
    O-7 (SS-68) underway on course 000 off the U.S. East
    Coast (position 41 15'N, 72 10'W) at 1405 hrs., 17 July 1944.
    Photographed from a blimp of squadron ZP-11. 
    Port bow aerial view.
    Photo #: 80-G-281825 
    O-7 (SS-68) underway one mile south of Fishers Island
    at 1115 hrs, 18 October 1944. Photographed from a blimp of squadron
    ZP-11. 
    Port broadside high aerial view.
    Photo #: 80-G-281826 
    As 80-G-281825, but port bow high aerial view.
     
     
    Reproductions of these images should be available through
    the National Archives photographic
    reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical
    Center. 
    The images listed in this box are NOT
    in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain
    them using the procedures described in our page "How to
    Obtain Photographic Reproductions."
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For more images related to this submarine, see:
USS O-7 (Submarine # 68, later
SS-68) -- Crew Members.
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