USS H-5 (SS-148)

The Imperial Russian Navy ordered 18 "H"-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company in 1915. Eleven were delivered, and served as the American Holland class submarines, but shipment of the final six was held up pending the outcome of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the boats were stored in knockdown condition at Vancouver, British Columbia. All six were purchased by the United States Navy on 20 May 1918 and assembled at Puget Sound Navy Yard.

"H-5" (SS-148) was launched on 24 September 1918, and commissioned on 30 September 1918 with Lieutenant Gordon Hutchins in command.

Operating out of San Pedro, California, with SubDiv 6 and SubDiv 7, "H-5" participated in various training and battle exercises, with periodic overhauls at Mare Island. She departed San Francisco, California, on 25 July 1922 in company with both divisions and arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, on 14 September. "H-5" decommissioned at Norfolk on 20 October 1922. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 26 February 1931. She was sold for scrapping 28 November 1933.

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