A History of the Submarines Built at the
Mare Island Naval Shipyard

Exhibit by Steve Shay
Frame 1, Page 2

USS V-6 SC 2
V-5 class
Launched March 15, 1930

Upper: Commissioning cover, USS V-6 Type F (Fancy) cancel provided by North Bay Stamp Club.
Lower: V-6 Type P (Provisional) cancel, 25 known copies.

Cover 634: Submarine V-6 SC 2, July 1, 1930

Cover 635: Submarine V-6 SC 2, July 9, 1930

First of forty-four submarines built at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Authorized February 11, 1925 but keel laying delayed until 1927. Launched March 15, 1930; the first shipyard launching in nine years. With length of 349' and submerged displacement of 3,960 tons, the largest sub built at Mare Island until 1959. Armed with two 6" inch guns, V-6 was known as a (SC) Cruiser Submarine.

 

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