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11-563: SS-77 , SS 77 or SS77 may refer to: USS O-16 (SS-77) , a United States Navy submarine which saw service during World War I Vektor SS-77 , a machine gun manufactured by the South African company Denel Land Systems Texas State Highway Spur 77 , a road in the State of Texas, United States [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

22-461: A crew of 29 officers and enlisted men. They had a diving depth of 200 feet (61.0 m). For surface running, the boats were powered by two 440- brake-horsepower (328 kW) diesel engines , each driving one propeller shaft . When submerged each propeller was driven by a 370-horsepower (276 kW) electric motor . They could reach 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) on the surface and 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) underwater. On

33-650: A half years of service, and was turned over to the Commandant, Navy Yard, Philadelphia. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 9 May 1930, the boat was scrapped in accordance with the London Naval Treaty on 30 July 1930. Coco Solo Coco Solo was a United States Navy submarine base and naval air station near the Panama Canal , active from 1918 to the 1960s. The submarine base at Coco Solo

44-692: The 1960s, no U.S. Navy vessels remained, only some support staff and housing. At the far end of Randolph Road was Fort Randolph , unused except for military training exercises, and where the Fort Randolph Riding Club was located as used by the Canal Zone Horsemen's Association. Until the mid-1990s, the town site of Coco Solo was used by the civilian employees of the Panama Canal as a residential area. The nearby Galeta Island U.S. Navy communications facility continued in operation as well. After

55-450: The earlier ones designed by Electric Boat . They did not perform as well, and are sometimes considered a separate class. The submarines had a length of 175 feet 3 inches (53.4 m) overall , a beam of 16 feet 9 inches (5.1 m) and a mean draft of 13 feet 9 inches (4.2 m). They displaced 491 long tons (499 t) on the surface and 566 long tons (575 t) submerged. The O-class submarines had

66-625: The same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS-77&oldid=915984088 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages USS O-16 (SS-77) The later O-boats ( O-11 through O-16 ) were designed by Lake Torpedo Boat Company to different specifications from

77-586: The summer of 1941. The area containing it was transferred from the civil part of the Panama Canal Zone to the naval part when Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8981 on December 17, 1941. On December 7, 1941, three V-class submarines ( Barracuda , Bass and Bonita ) were stationed at Coco Solo. During World War II , Coco Solo also served as a Naval Air Facility, housing a squadron of United States Army Air Forces P-38 Lightning aircraft. By

88-532: The surface, the O class had a range of 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph). The boats were armed with four 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes in the bow. They carried four reloads, for a total of eight torpedoes. The O-class submarines were also armed with a single 3"/50 caliber deck gun . O-16 was laid down on 7 October 1916 by California Shipbuilding Company in Long Beach, California . The boat

99-419: Was launched on 9 February 1918 sponsored by Mrs. I. H. Mayfield, and commissioned on 1 August 1918. Commissioning during the final months of World War I , O-16 had little wartime duty. After the war, she reported to Cape May, New Jersey , where she went into dry-dock on 20 September 1919. In October, the boat sailed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , where a dangerous fire in her superstructure on 29 December

110-618: Was brought under control before it did major damage. In 1922, O-16 was stationed at Coco Solo , Panama Canal Zone , for diving tests and maneuvers. She cruised in formation with O-12 , O-14 , O-15 , and submarine tender Bushnell to Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , on 26 January, and continued maneuvers in and around the Virgin Islands . In April, she returned to Coco Solo, where electricians and engineers put her in prime condition. In November 1923, O-16 sailed to Philadelphia, where she decommissioned on 21 June 1924 after just five and

121-580: Was established May 6, 1918. The site corresponds with modern-day Cativá in Panama . It was on the Atlantic Ocean (northwest) side of the Panama Canal Zone , near Colón, Panama . Five C-class submarines were based there during 1914–1919. United States Senator John McCain was born in 1936 at a small Navy hospital, at Coco Solo Naval Air Station. The larger Coco Solo Hospital was constructed in

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