Returned to service: Yes
While undergoing a scheduled overhaul at the New York Navy Yard, an explosion occurred aboard E-2 when hydrogen gas was ignited by a spark. The explosion and subsequent fire killed four crewmen and injured seven others. She was placed out of commission for two years.
E-2 was recomissioned and went on to make four war patrols during WWI.
Four men killed. 18 survivors.
(U.S. Navy DANFS 2: 313)
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This page last updated on 31 July 1997.