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Lost Boat ( #3 of 8 )
USS H-1 (SS-28)
Lost on:
Lost on March 12, 1920 with the loss of 4 men as they tried to swim to shore after grounding on a shoal off Santa Margarita Island, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. Vestal (AR-4), pulled H-1 off the rocks in the morning of 24 March, only to have her sink 45 minutes later in some 50 feet of water. She was originally named the USS Seawolf before becoming H-1.
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Class:
SS H
Commissioned:
12/1/1913
Launched:
5/6/1913
Builder:
Union Iron Works
Length:
150
, Beam:
16
#Officers:
1
, #Enlisted:
23
Fate:
As H-1 made her way up the coast, the submarine went aground on a tricky shoal off Santa Margarita Island, CA. Four men, including the Commanding Officer, LCDR. James R. Webb, were killed as they tried to reach shore.
