Difference between revisions of ""S" Class Submarine (1918)"

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Revision as of 15:40, 27 November 2014

Fifty-one "S" class submarines were completed for the U.S. Navy between 1920 and 1925

Design and Construction

Torpedoes

  • four 21-in tubes in bow with twelve torpedoes
  • in S-48 - S-51, one 21-in tube in stern with two torpedoes

Guns

  • one 4-in/50

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


"S" Class Submarine
Electric Boat Design
S-1 S-18 S-19 S-20 S-21
S-22 S-23 S-24 S-25 S-26
S-27 S-28 S-29 S-30 S-31
S-32 S-33 S-34 S-35 S-36
S-37 S-38 S-39 S-40 S-41
Lake Boats
S-2 S-48 S-49 S-50 S-51
Navy Yard Type
S-3 S-4 S-5 S-6 S-7
S-8 S-9 S-10 S-11 S-12
S-13 S-14 S-15 S-16 S-17
  S-42 S-43 S-44  
  S-45 S-46 S-47  
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