USS L-8
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USS L-8, also known as "Submarine No. 48", was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy. She patrolled off the East Coast before sailing for the Azores, during WWI. She transferred to the West C
USS L-8 in drydock at the New London Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, c. September 1917
Synthetic aperture sonar imagery of the wreck of USS L-8.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
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The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard on Seavey's Island in Kittery, Maine, bordering Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The naval yard lies al
USS L-8
…L-class submarines were also armed with a single 3 in (76 mm)/23 caliber on a disappearing mount. L-8's keel was laid down on 24 February 1915, by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, in Kittery, Maine. L-8 was launched on 23 April 1917, sponsored by Miss Nancy Gill, and commissioned on 30 August 1917. Following training operations…
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in 2004
U.S. Navy yard at Kittery, Maine in 1808
Shipyard in 1853
Aerial view of the shipyard in the 1930s