Naval History and Heritage Command
AA-1 (Submarine No. 52)
1920
Schley (Submarine No. 52) was laid down on 21 June 1916 at Quincy, Mass., by the Fore River Shipbuilding Co. under a contract with the Electric Boat Co. of New York; renamed AA-1 on 23 August 1917 in accordance with the provisions of General Order No. 318 and to free the name Schley for assignment to Destroyer No. 103; launched on 25 July 1918; sponsored by Mrs. Lilian Hovey-King, wife of Lt. Cmdr. Alvin Hovey-King, a naval constructor assigned to the Fore River Shipbuilding Co.; and commissioned at Boston on 30 January 1920, Lt. Cmdr. James Parker, Jr., in command.
On 17 July 1920, AA-1 received the identification number SF-1 when the Navy adopted the alphanumeric identification numbers. She was renamed T-1 (q.v.).
Robert J. Cressman
21 June 2022
