USS L-3

	L-3 off Provincetown, Massachusetts, September 1915
History
United States
Name	USS L-3
Builder	Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	18 April 1914
Launched	15 March 1915
Commissioned	22 April 1916
Decommissioned	11 June 1923
Stricken	18 December 1930
Fate	Sold for scrap, 28 November 1933
General characteristics
Class and type	L-class submarine
Displacement	450 long tons (457 t) surfaced; 548 long tons (557 t) submerged;
Length	168 ft 6 in (51.36 m)
Beam	17 ft 5 in (5.31 m)
Draft	13 ft 7 in (4.14 m)
Installed power	900 bhp (670 kW) (diesel); 340 hp (250 kW) (electric);
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines; 2 × electric motors;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced; 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged;
Range	3,300 nmi (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) on the surface; 150 nmi (280 km; 170 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged;
Test depth	200 feet (61.0 m)
Complement	28 officers and enlisted men
Armament	4 × bow 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × 3"/23 caliber deck gun;

USS L-3 (SS-42) was an L-class submarine of the United States Navy.

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