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FILE NAME: General Electric (GE) DATE: 1952 DOC#: GE040 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trade Journal Article - K Stands for Killer
Just off the ways, the K-1 answers enemy submarine threat
hit Jim I)nmi
A ST XiivtfiulHT. under a (jrny,
rain-heavy Cnnucclicut ky, the
* tic-
SSK-1, backed
her CMitfiiio (] tiirm 'ij o u t In to the
Tham es llivcr. She left her birthplace
a t th e Klcelric lim it <*. in (rotou ami
Mimed u p - n w r In th e lfS. N av y S uIk
m arine llii' a t New
where xltc
would receive her cnmutisMon pennant
uimI fwcnmc m i oNiciul m an-of-war. She
wao tin* Illicit / th e more th a n liHJ
(.eiicral Ktcetric |m ervd ubinarinc
b u ilt a t Klcelric llnnl miic* IU33.
T h e K -l w a Inmt new iu deiugi ami new in mi**xMn. Siimll, with iriH (hail }
liulf I he leii^lh am i linuuitze of th e lie t cv>-ful W orld W*ir II licet Mihimirincx.
m|ic Iiuh U 'cii m ade inter n com pact.
miiMMilar platfnrm for clcetrnm c >errh
am i delcethn jjear. The le tte r "N *` hi
her nam e menu "Killer** , . , killer of
enem y -.nhnm rinr'*.
H er Murmal rrciv i* fo rty picked m en--
m any-elected \c le ra in of lhe submarine
war nuaint Jap an , They were chosen fnr
th e ir pm fedntial ability to m ake elfcc-
tin* 11n* hum m id dauuenm s underw ater
xtalk of ciicmy itmlervn raider* in our
home water*. K'pupped with a snorkel
hreatlunis device, the K-l can and ill
remain on a tihmcrtfcd patrol for aalmi}!
Iwti iimnth'. Ho-iitM'uf theeeextem led
hnnl-. Ilm nm ler a te r propulsion for the
K-l mi-t Iw id the lw-t de-i^n th a t m a
rine cmjtwrnMjr call i rente. A aulumirmc
Typical ivtuwlitM Lea fw w y , EngineiMii fbtf Cion, petiM on liHta KUlllebull i* th* 1'*T#,de *00oi the K-1. Ha waoawmoioniK*iomo^*'Oa*" i*)i**lMorpedoediidiel Jpe,'*'*l,i,,*rM** 'Mora.
run mii elect ric-linllery jmwered innlor nhen fully uluiieriri-d. T o ftiriiidi thu
itm siim un *|h*ih1 for tin* ubmiiftne.
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Ll. Francis Callahan, shown talking to ctowmtn Bob LintW y, Ray Paul. and Oich Jacobs, Is on Annapolis fod. Borihs as# In tarpodo room.
General Electric built |iou-erful x|iecial
motor, ami rebuilt accompanying gener
ators, working to overcome tlie greatest
submarine motor problem--speed v e n u ,
rile.
From the 6 r,t entry of General Elec
tric into lubniarine engineering during
the naval construction holiday of the
twenties and thirties, the best minds
from the design, application, and in
stallation department, have co-operated
with the engineering genius of the Navy
and the Electric Boat Co. The U tter is
the only private peacetime builder of
submarines in the country.
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T h e original design for a sulunariiie amies from the Navy, liowevcr. In plunaing u Hulmiurinc, Navy designer* liavv most firmly in mind the primary duty that the boat will have to perform dur ing hostilities--to deliver a torpedo to u target a , effectively as possible. And it must be able to travel long distances before attack, remain submerged for long periods, lie so constructed tlmt it will escape electronic detection until it lias delivered its attack, and, once having
fired its torpedoes, escape. ~ When naval theorists-find tlmt the
need for a new development is great they
institute a fundamental design, Electric Boat specialists working with Navy en gineers solve the problem of,|ieciReniions and requirements that this sub must possess to perforin its primary mission.
Part of the first consideration is the vital propulsion problem. It must lie kept in mind th a t a submarine needs two pro pulsion systsms, one for surface and near
G -E motors and ovii,qloi*l hyic being teadtcd lot wo nialt dc**le>p moitmum horsooowor m nsintmwm scoce Li Cmd>. F. Andrews, right will be K .l cooiatn
M ata work on tho tvb ii tfoitod, El*<mc Bool mottos o lull*coU wood* modtl fhv, oil oom moy be fttiod 0 lo the eclvoi boo# and all pictt and bihngi may be piolom td o* vedvced <011 Tho c*itiu<hofl ihort-cvf ho boon ptooeetod by Eltcfric Bool. I# 1 found lo bo eipeciolly helpful ! ' c n.i***ctiw.
K1UER SUB fnhmdj
hoi #r#ry cookjnfl fo<iUiy found In biffer hip*. 4
surfacerHiifiiitj.'.whirlmax In* * I. and
an o th er far M ibm rrpd noiiiiiu! xxldih. flue to the diurtiije if air f<r rrrdx
cnm hu'tioil cuitine* (tt ptliltk* must Ih*
lmltcry-(nwtred e h ftrie iimtur. Ill tllC mtruutl imirn- ef enn*(rMelhM.
mi elimine ImiMer lake llie prime urn tract for the entire )rn|iiltiiM The prime eutfim'builder will sid>eMilrart lita electrieul romp*#iirnts iiulurs, encrater*, ami neir-sary muliol* !< qualified electrical muiuifuetiirer fur example. LiviiefUl Kleetrie. Praef ieidlv
General KUrtrie will help Ilie
Nuvy draw ll|> Ihv cleelriral ii*i|iiirr*
menta even lastre it
a hid for
tlic order. When General Kleelrir** |r*|*;if ha**
Keen accepted, Imvu'wr, Hie design anil application engineers of the AireniM. Kcdcrul & Marine Deparlmeul. cti-u|*ratinjf with the Xjix.v, with On* em*inr hufhlcrt ltd with the hull ImiMer. Murk nut the detail* of the duties that flu* electrical eipiipmeut mud ferfrm. U U then dcMtfncd. iiumufaetured and de* livercfl to the Kleetrir Ikmt Company. At the (iroluu IniiiI yard (intend Kiel1* trie Jtcrvicc engineer* take m utm l uf
the iiiatilhitimi* their held exierti mlvi.dng on the fitting f the equipment in* to the hull and get Iin# it rummi profH crly. Ax technical representatives (ullie
trial crew they
in the durk and
initin) deep-watyr te*S uf the equipment
iK'furv the hull i'* h,etxir*l rom pido
ami ready fur nereplimre ly Hie \x y.
T he in ju r y of K Iw trir
N ih**
grul with iho liiftnry of **nbiinrm,<
John Joy HopVnuhgibcsnO* .ini of ihg {*<i*ic Bool Company once 1947 H e olio heodi Coo* do Lid , ni fluotidii d OMcInno moiivfaOutot.
Hiein-velx**. f*r I hi*
yrrxx o u t tf
an n iy .iiii/.itim i fimd lo liiniii'T Hi**
lir*l w orkaM e u io h iu a le r l*al. 'tin*
slduuuMMe. Ilie /M h fo d . n;i a Until
(te m p i In ileii:ii a *iilMiM*r^ihle a tla e k
In .Inlm riiilli|i ||<flhiil. nu In d i
in im iaiaiit a n d palri**l. th ru (e.ieliifiu m
I he \ * 1 J e rse y ehnols fti* n riu in a l
tle m p ls wen* Mh*n<*ee*ful. a n d m dy
( h r form alnm of irlt-iesled an d cn-
xill***d linuiteuT*. ml* th e K leelrir !li*at
Company liimi]ii his Hiirti am i
;thl,v lin;d iill**iiipl to fim ii) in I'HMi,
O h April I I , IIHHHhe ffufamf M in ar,
eeple! h \ Hie N axv. (t * <t>mioi**ion h ii* aw ard*d ju st a x*ar nfl* r tile fuim alnm
of th e K lerlrie lhal Ci*. Thi* 1*!. the
fin suhmariiH' tu Iterm e part of the *lnhioy poU 'iihal *f o*u \ `, n v . {t'ltMiii. (rated a ^m p rid n u in im fv r of feature** still found in o a r m odern e m it. \ c t . in
M/i* d ie i> a lox h e d d e u n r present lh*i*l Hiihmanues, Kruui Hie //of/umf. H fi*l, 'fil>iuarim*s lu x e e ro u ti t*<
length* of
fit-1. T h e IJuflti/ol d is
placed ? t (011*1 when M ilmier^ed. and Inal a <*ruisinji ra n ^ e uf *imi mde*; th e etirreiil " Mtark** Im ats eni>e *imkiu
tnHe> a n d ilisplaee l.'tai (*ns. T h e
fnltilint t<Mik ^Ui.tHMt (n liiilM lit* plir*
elm*e |riee u a . m j.' h.ihiu*. D u rin g
H o rh l W ar II. a ulum irute ent *ix million^ flelixer (u (h e Meet. W ith the
h ieren*ed eiM uf e n tid n u lim am i nf (he eumph'X uexx w a r lex eloped Mhee Hie end uf Hie .hip.uir*e xxur. a sn h itiarnte of
Ihi* Heel ly|H* delixers tm lay for o"
millioti hilhir^!
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In eom potoon with (ho K-1 (ho tiso o f (ho H o lla n d (irunf) i i indteatod b y lb lafa rt/a h *ig h n oI th* m*n p o n d in g on lh a d o d o . In d o in g a w a y with o d*cfc gon on (ha K . | (ho N o y ofomod lo lb * armament o f tho H o lla n d , who** dynaniit* pro ia ciar, a ctwda okplow VC p io io cfo r ib o l novm w otbod, woe lo a n a b a iid e in d.
In cm eigonciet, q u o lih * d ubmann*f ca n fill In o i o n / n a tio n on ib e b o o l. In action , b o w s ', ib u engine loon, i i fille d with named soeciolitti
T he Holland w u t of course. the 8l.4lit.000. And Mlo.-t ship li;iu' tun
N avy's lin t submarine: in fact. it was anchors!
the firnt workoble undersea craft in the world' i . With a gasoline ciikIiic
The h'inivrs in th e inking e r r Tatttny with <11 Japitttcr flag- mo her
of 43 hr ower it made 3.7 knot* on running lower, mid Tlauhn, rhicli s in k
th e sur and i knoU when running 100,401 tons of Japanese cargo, trans
ubmerged on it* electric motor. It lind port, mid w ar vessels Imlli built at Elec
three torpedoes which were fired through tric limit. From the record tfi.-it n r re
ingle tube. I t had a crew of one covered after the war n r have implied
officer and five men. I t was little an accurate picture of the cnlbtp.-
bigger than the Japanese midget nuln of the Japanese ccoitiiiuy Hint Icunt-d
marinea th at made the early attack on so heavily on ioifnirl. .Metallic "n-s
l*e*rl Harbor.
rulilier, and Inisir ftiudlulf ere
Submarine of Vice Admiral C. A. reduced lo a trickle. In acliieiinu Ihi
Lockwood* Pacific Coititiiuiiil, (linnt nf strniiglo-hold n e Inst iib in arim - In
them General Electric |>owercd. nunk enemy action. In the -nine lorn- Ihe
five and a quarter million tona of Jap anese (Hipping during the war. Two hundred and fourteen luen-nf'Wur and 1178 merchant ship went down before
Ja|iauese Navy tost CIO of tlieir -ul>s while during th e entire war the (ie n n a n N av y losl (lie iiimvliltle to ta l o f iH I.
A lu bm ailn n m a i n in |,rM p u b lic Q pooqionc* wlien 0 it cbo.m ncd and louncKud A l launching lim e the oibntoniH* i, Ih ie e .a u a ilu it cumplet*.
SubPac torpedoes. Fifty-fire per cent of
the Japanese tonnage afloat was de
stroyed by less than two per cent of the personnel of the Navy. This score was
During their 40 year* uf itrialimi
double that of carrier aviation, the next in the construction of tdimariin-. Gen
moat efficient weapon with which we eral Electric and Electric llont haw de
fought. The Japanese merchant licet was veloped a remarkable fivling of miilnul
driven off the seas, crippled by the losa uf understanding and co-|ieralpm. General
00.000 irreplaceable seamen and officers. Electric maintained a many a W livid
After the war Japanese and German representatives a t Gndnn during the
admirals admitted tllat tiie stopfiagc uf height of the wnr clfort. The prirut
imported raw materials, coupled with the installation sufiervisar, J. J. Kieleheim,
loos of supply vessels, reduced the Jap started installing General Electric e>pii|i-
anese war potential to limited defense. meat in Electric Dost hulls during the
The cost of this attrition can most wnr. and he lias lieen there contimiondy
clearly be measured in the losses of except for a short period when lie in
single ship parts. Conservatively, an with the More i'ower lo Anierieu train.
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anchor costs I WOO. Multiplying this
Nearing completion at Groton i< the
cost by the number of Japanese mer new submarine Trout hieb i< o f the In otoupf o ttueo the crw con cap fhrouqh
chant vessels definitely sunk (1178), (lie powerful "300" elass of long-ruiigv licet tbit botch Tbny le a l thm fvul in, p o iiia lly hood
loss in this component atone amounts to submarine. M otors, generators, controls. th* ch am b o, os*n Ih* outtt door and tcap*. 'S
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KILLER SUB fconfi'mmfj
motor ventilating system , lighting equipniciit. And alt tlie ntuudurd rhemliil *nml wire to maintain tit ami other gear about which little cun lie Mini--all art1 G.E.-built, The propulsion gear wu* de signed specially for thin high-*|M.*vd, snorkel submarine.
The primary mission is radically dif ferent from that of the K-I*mt*. Tnmt hv luring readied for any emergency that would call for the extreme* of Ionic* range attack, i t has powerful tor|R*do firepower, electronic wmiml ami ileteetloti equipment, ami a tup jqKjiil that is known to be much faster, iwth on the surface and submerged* than World War II prototypes.
In the tripartite dividim of fYrtimnx after its cmiquv-t utility of the (erinnii submarine cx|H*il-< fell into tin* Itu--ian Zone. With them >m* uIm l-t |iiti-h*l submarine- uud component part* of the new German *'T\|e XXI.** Wc have ni*i*vM* tu enough data mi Mi- very advalimi linai tu realty.!* Unit, allow mg for postwar improvement-. mi* (ill iiu'c
(liv world leud in ,uthiiuirines. If an emergency calling for full pro
duct imi overcome* again. (Ymral Klee** trie is ready tu provide the cmht technical init|Nwcr fur in-tidlaliou of electrical -iilmutrine mrofHin<>!il< n- il did ill the hut war, Tmlcr Ihe ilirwIitMi of Walter Ihitlcr. Genero! Meet rie** -upervisorof Marine IiwtaHutiui*mcnhave iieeit nclectori for emergent1,v alignm ent
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-igu- a t llit'ir imiiodisiti* c**iniiiauri In
G eneral llh * ln v `- W .i-liinulun O lii,,
m arine c\|H*rU insthe laily -*!a< t u n ii
Uh* lliiiru n >f J-htp, T Ihv ,m> ri.itix |**
gm inniliuti* replir li aia deigu *r
delivery ipie-tioti- <i;iI topdrvel mani
ile-igncr- ima-
|t. I, Srliimdt >*f
ih i- iilliiv repre-cot* |.K. t Mie Humiu
of SliipH un
ami anv <ithr
invai work in nitidi Un* r<,rnp.<ny i>,-m-
guged.
(ietterai (d e c in e eau in-M lulc ;m *\.
|Kin*|ed m arine io-l aliai *.n pr*gr.tm
rapirily a - it ilid in Un* h a i w.tr \ l ;l.
ritte
-|H*ri:di-t- uniild je
g n i reffr-hi r c u o i-.*, .il >duMic< l id \.
id illi, nml Euri W uvne \Vnrk-. If m*cri-
cd. the-e lucri urli tuake nettari' * ,mJ
,*va Iri.tU utili lite rin * tini u d l.ihc th qHidiUcation e-csqie unti - u n i\ l
iraitdm* Uuit (Ih* N a \y pre-criU -- f.rt(-
Miliimiriuer**. Ulte of th c-eupi* cmir-*-
aprire- th meit I* j** tipwurds (liroiiuh u Itm.fiMit ta n k *f te r uiMmut ,m y
tienili hrculhirtg a ra tta .
te working f un iuiM-M<hinarine -uhm uriiie bike- great neri e coni ri and um i-ual m entili am i p ia -ie.*il -I.iiuhm . vveU fr lite jet uge. Killer- u d palrl ti.ilcr kn>un li b a ie tcti* encm y -ohioanm *- Iiiiiiiiiu siIwuvh under Ihe -iirfaec, -oinetiniv a t stm rkcl depili, ami otlicr timc* ut deej w ater lecci-, lliev enit-tm illy M'itrrh Un* -li-|vcetcd w ater- u tth tlunr cU-itnHi<` fnder-, U h en Un* -carch gerir rt|H*r|-, a -il-picimi** " p in a" th Ui.it ficciti- it-talk . All cqitipiui ut \< riggeil Y r -tlvut ruiimhg. T he InrjKilnc- are rctulicd f*r di-tdiarae a/ th e l.irget hd.i /<* irti ini/ IhccHNtpiiYr Unit -iiivc> th NiaUicm.il-
irai pfMhlciii- of i.tiu;. (usici -/**d. ml l.iryl p-ih*<rr. (V tiptm ; J1*r**n<*li lite w ater -hiul ami -dcnUy t< mnjK' <h*ti'**liu, u tili Uii- imi Mii*tioiih'-- at th eir -t.it i<ni -, ih* Killer rh*-c- mi il,(iiciii> \\h c n in range -Ite d rive- Imme ber trjH*h*-. (Ine alvo i- ull th Killer Uri*. .ui*l in* i- all -he netti-.
W iih n'v\ niit*hl>. nf uiitiit Uic K -l bnl me. olir -ulniiariiie ftirc* i- keep* ilig prolotyjK 'f of Ma' muri, iiIvjim*! Stihmaiiiic- in c\ - Y iicc <*n-taiiUy tt* cimimi--1oli. Whcii ami if Ut* timruiiu*v art-e-. Uie-e -nbmarim*- ud 1*1**110 Ilo pareti!- of wh**h* neu Ucci- of 1h*hI'lliey are prm ing Umt idriligcnt Amen culi murili* `iiam*er- rao ga * (lo- o" trv Uh* m*i c-*;ry edge in under-
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