O-9 (SS-70)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	O-1
Pennant	70
Built by	Fore River Shipbuilding Co. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	15 Feb 1917
Launched	27 Jan 1918
Commissioned	27 Jul 1918
Lost	20 Jun 1941
Loss position	42° 59'N, 70° 20'W

History	Decommissioned 25 June 1931. Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 14 April 1941. O-9 (Lt. Howard Joseph Abbot, USN) was sunk by a mechanical failure 20 June 1941 15 miles off Portsmouth, New Hampshire in position 42º59'48"N, 70º20'27"W. 33 officers and men were lost with the ship amongst them was the Commanding Officer.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Howard Joseph Abbott, USN	14 Apr 1941	20 Jun 1941 (+)

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