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{{short description|Submarine of the United States}}

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|Ship country=United States
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|Ship name=''O-13''
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|Ship ordered= 3 March 1916
|Ship builder=[[Lake Torpedo Boat]] Company, [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]]
|Ship laid down= 6 March 1916
|Ship launched= 27 December 1917
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|Ship commissioned= 27 November 1918
|Ship decommissioned= 11 June 1924
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|Ship struck= 9 May 1930
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|Ship fate= Sold for scrap, 30 July 1930
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|Ship type= [[United States O-class submarine|O-class]] [[submarine]]
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|491|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} surfaced
*{{convert|566|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} submerged
|Ship length= {{convert|175|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|16|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft= {{convert|13|ft|11|in|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*[[Diesel-electric]]
*2 × {{convert|500|hp|0|abbr=on}} diesel engines
*2 × {{convert|400|hp|0|abbr=on}} electric motors
*2 shafts
|Ship speed=*{{convert|14|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
*{{convert|11|kn}} submerged
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|Ship complement=2 officers, 27 enlisted
|Ship armament=*4 × [[American 18-inch torpedo|18-inch (450 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s, 8 torpedoes
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'''USS ''O-13'' (SS-74)''' was an [[United States O-class submarine|O-class]] [[submarine]] of the [[United States Navy]].  Her keel was laid down on 6 March 1916 by the [[Lake Torpedo Boat]] Company in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]].

The later O-boats (''O-11'' through ''O-16'') were designed by [[Lake Torpedo Boat]] to different specifications from the earlier ones designed by [[Electric Boat]]. They performed much less well, and are sometimes considered a separate class.

==Construction and career==
''O-13'' was [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 27 December 1917 sponsored by Miss Margaret Arletta Adams. While conducting submerged trials in [[Long Island Sound]] on 5 October 1918, prior to her commissioning, ''O-13'' rammed {{USS|Mary Alice|SP-397|6}}, the [[section patrol]] boat accompanying her, during a submerged circular run off [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]], [[Connecticut]], holing ''Mary Alice'' amidships. Although ''Mary Alice'' sank within minutes, ''O-13'' rescued her entire crew, including [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] [[William A. Gill]], President of the U.S. Navy's [[Board of Inspection and Survey]], who had been embarked on ''Mary Alice''.

''O-13'' was [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] at [[New York City]] on 27 November 1918. ''O-13'' operated along the coast of [[New Jersey]] and [[New York (state)|New York]] until 8 October 1919, when she arrived [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] for a five-month overhaul. After returning to [[Cape May, New Jersey]], on 8 March 1920, she departed on 1 April for duty in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. Steaming via [[Key West, Florida]], and [[Havana]], [[Cuba]], she arrived [[Coco Solo]], [[Panama Canal Zone]], on 30 April.

For over three years ''O-13'' operated out of the Submarine Base at Coco Solo both in the [[Caribbean Sea]] and in the [[Pacific Ocean]].  Cruises sent her to ports in [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]] while assigned to Submarine Division 10. Thence, she sailed on 15 October 1923 for the [[United States]], arriving at [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], on 8 November. ''O-13'' decommissioned there on 11 June 1924 after just five and a half years of service, and was placed in reserve. Her name was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 9 May 1930, and her hull was sold for scrap on 30 July 1930.

== References ==
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/o/o-13.html}}
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m5/mary_alice.htm}}
*[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-m/mary-alc.htm Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: ''Mary Alice'' (Steam Yacht, 1897). Served as USS ''Mary Alice'' (SP-397) in 1917-1918]
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170397.htm NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Mary Alice (SP 397)]

==External links==
* {{navsource|08/08074|USS O-13}}

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