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|-
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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 51 vessels
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|-
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| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
 +
|-
 +
! align=center | Name
 +
! align=center | Builder
 +
! align=center | Laid Down
 +
! align=center | Launched
 +
! align=center | Completed
 +
! align=center | Fate
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|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S1}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|11 Dec, 1917
 +
|26 Oct, 1918
 +
|5 Jun, 1920
 +
|Transferred 20 Apr, 1942
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S18}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|15 Aug, 1918
 +
|29 Apr, 1920
 +
|3 Apr, 1924
 +
|Sold 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S19}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|15 Aug, 1918
 +
|21 Jun, 1920
 +
|24 Aug, 1921
 +
|Scuttled 18 Dec, 1938
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S20}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|15 Aug, 1918
 +
|9 Jun, 1920
 +
|22 Nov, 1922
 +
|Sold 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S21}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|19 Dec, 1918
 +
|18 Aug, 1920
 +
|24 Aug, 1921
 +
|Transferred 14 Sep, 1942
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S22}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|6 Jan, 1919
 +
|15 Jul, 1920
 +
|23 Jun, 1924
 +
|Transferred 19 Jun, 1942
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S23}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|18 Jan, 1919
 +
|27 Oct, 1920
 +
|30 Oct, 1923
 +
|Sold 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S24}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|1 Nov, 1918
 +
|27 Jun, 1922
 +
|24 Aug, 1923
 +
|Sold
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S25}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|26 Oct, 1918
 +
|29 May, 1922
 +
|9 Jul, 1923
 +
|Transferred 10 Aug, 1942
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S26}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|7 Nov, 1919
 +
|22 Aug, 1922
 +
|15 Oct, 1923
 +
|Collision 24 Jan, 1942
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S27}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|11 Apr, 1919
 +
|18 Oct, 1922
 +
|22 Jan, 1924
 +
|Wrecked 19 Jun, 1942
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S28}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|16 Apr, 1919
 +
|20 Sep, 1922
 +
|13 Dec, 1923
 +
|Lost 4 Jul, 1944
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S29}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|17 Apr, 1919
 +
|9 Nov, 1922
 +
|22 May, 1924
 +
|Transferred 5 Jun, 1942
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S30}}
 +
|[[Union Iron Works]]
 +
|1 Apr, 1918
 +
|21 Nov, 1918
 +
|29 Oct, 1920
 +
|Sold Dec, 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S31}}
 +
|[[Union Iron Works]]
 +
|13 Apr, 1918
 +
|28 Dec, 1918
 +
|11 May, 1922
 +
|Sold May, 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S32}}
 +
|[[Union Iron Works]]
 +
|12 Apr, 1918
 +
|11 Jan, 1919
 +
|15 Jun, 1922
 +
|Sold May, 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S33}}
 +
|[[Union Iron Works]]
 +
|14 Jun, 1918
 +
|5 Dec, 1918
 +
|18 Apr, 1922
 +
|Sold 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S34}}
 +
|[[Union Iron Works]]
 +
|28 May, 1918
 +
|13 Feb, 1919
 +
|12 Jul, 1922
 +
|Sold 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S35}}
 +
|[[Union Iron Works]]
 +
|14 Jun, 1918
 +
|27 Feb, 1919
 +
|17 Aug, 1922
 +
|Expended 4 Apr, 1942
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S36}}
 +
|[[Union Iron Works]]
 +
|10 Dec, 1918
 +
|3 Jun, 1919
 +
|4 Apr, 1923
 +
|Sunk 20 Jan, 1942
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S37}}
 +
|[[Union Iron Works]]
 +
|12 Dec, 1918
 +
|20 Jun, 1919
 +
|16 Jul, 1923
 +
|Sunk 20 Feb, 1945
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S38}}
 +
|[[Union Iron Works]]
 +
|15 Jan, 1919
 +
|17 Jun, 1919
 +
|11 May, 1923
 +
|Expended 20 Feb, 1945
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S39}}
 +
|[[Union Iron Works]]
 +
|14 Jan, 1919
 +
|2 Jul, 1919
 +
|14 Sep, 1923
 +
|Sunk 14 Aug, 1942
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S40}}
 +
|[[Union Iron Works]]
 +
|5 Mar, 1919
 +
|5 Jan, 1921
 +
|20 Nov, 1923
 +
|Sold 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S41}}
 +
|[[Union Iron Works]]
 +
|17 Apr, 1919
 +
|21 Feb, 1921
 +
|15 Jan, 1924
 +
|Sold 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S2}}
 +
|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
 +
|30 Jul, 1917
 +
|15 Feb, 1919
 +
|25 May, 1920
 +
|Broken up 1931
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S48}}
 +
|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
 +
|22 Oct, 1920
 +
|26 Feb, 1921
 +
|14 Oct, 1922
 +
|Sold 22 Jan, 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S49}}
 +
|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
 +
|22 Oct, 1920
 +
|23 Apr, 1921
 +
|6 Jun, 1922
 +
|Sold 25 May, 1931
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S50}}
 +
|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
 +
|15 Mar, 1920
 +
|18 Jun, 1921
 +
|20 May, 1922
 +
|Broken up 1931
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S51}}
 +
|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
 +
|22 Dec, 1919
 +
|20 Aug, 1921
 +
|24 Jun, 1922
 +
|Sunk 25 Sep, 1925
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S3}}
 +
|[[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]
 +
|29 Aug, 1917
 +
|21 Dec, 1918
 +
|30 Jan, 1919
 +
|Broken up 1937
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S4}}
 +
|[[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]
 +
|4 Dec, 1917
 +
|27 Aug, 1919
 +
|27 Aug, 1919
 +
|Sunk 12 Jul, 1927
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S5}}
 +
|[[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]
 +
|4 Dec, 1917
 +
|10 Nov, 1919
 +
|6 Mar, 1920
 +
|Foundered 1 Sep, 1920
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S6}}
 +
|[[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]
 +
|29 Jan, 1918
 +
|23 Dec, 1919
 +
|17 May, 1920
 +
|Broken up 1937
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S7}}
 +
|[[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]
 +
|29 Jan, 1918
 +
|5 Feb, 1920
 +
|1 Jul, 1920
 +
|Broken up 1937
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S8}}
 +
|[[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]
 +
|9 Nov, 1918
 +
|21 Apr, 1920
 +
|1 Oct, 1920
 +
|Broken up 1937
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S9}}
 +
|[[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]
 +
|20 Jan, 1919
 +
|17 Jun, 1920
 +
|21 Feb, 1921
 +
|Broken up 1937
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S10}}
 +
|[[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]
 +
|11 Sep, 1919
 +
|9 Dec, 1920
 +
|21 Sep, 1922
 +
|Broken up 1936
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S11}}
 +
|[[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]
 +
|2 Dec, 1919
 +
|7 Feb, 1921
 +
|11 Jan, 1923
 +
|Sold 1945
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S12}}
 +
|[[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]
 +
|8 Jan, 1920
 +
|4 Aug, 1921
 +
|30 Apr, 1923
 +
|Sold 1945
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S13}}
 +
|[[Portsmouth Navy Yard]]
 +
|14 Feb, 1920
 +
|20 Oct, 1921
 +
|14 Jul, 1923
 +
|Sold 1945
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S14}}
 +
|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
 +
|7 Dec, 1917
 +
|22 Oct, 1919
 +
|11 Feb, 1921
 +
|Sold 1945
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S15}}
 +
|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
 +
|13 Dec, 1917
 +
|8 Mar, 1920
 +
|15 Jan, 1921
 +
|Sold 4 Dec, 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S16}}
 +
|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
 +
|19 Mar, 1918
 +
|23 Dec, 1919
 +
|17 Dec, 1920
 +
|Expended 3 Apr, 1945
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S17}}
 +
|[[Lake Torpedo Boat Company]]
 +
|19 Mar, 1918
 +
|22 May, 1920
 +
|1 Mar, 1921
 +
|Expended 5 Apr, 1945
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S42}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|16 Dec, 1920
 +
|30 Apr, 1923
 +
|20 Nov, 1924
 +
|Sold 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S43}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|13 Dec, 1920
 +
|31 Mar, 1923
 +
|31 Dec, 1924
 +
|Sold 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S44}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|19 Feb, 1921
 +
|27 Oct, 1923
 +
|16 Feb, 1925
 +
|Sunk 7 Oct, 1943
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S45}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|29 Dec, 1920
 +
|26 Jun, 1923
 +
|31 Mar, 1925
 +
|Sold 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S46}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|11 Feb, 1921
 +
|11 Sep, 1923
 +
|5 Jun, 1925
 +
|Sold 1946
 +
|- align=left
 +
| {{US-S47}}
 +
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]
 +
|26 Feb, 1921
 +
|11 Sep, 1923
 +
|16 Sep, 1925
 +
|Sold 1946
 +
|}
 
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hullno=SS-105
 
hullno=SS-105
 
pend=
 
pend=
builder=[[Fore River]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
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builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
order=
 
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strick=
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strick=24 Jun 1942
 
fate=Transferred
 
fate=Transferred
 
fate2=to Royal Navy
 
fate2=to Royal Navy
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hullno=SS-123
 
hullno=SS-123
 
pend=
 
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builder=[[Fore River]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
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builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
order=
 
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comm=3 Apr 24
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hullno=SS-124
 
hullno=SS-124
 
pend=
 
pend=
builder=[[Fore River]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
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builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
order=
 
order=
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laid=15 Aug 18
 
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launch=21 6 20{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
comm=
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comm=24 Aug 21
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decomm=10 Feb 34
strick=1936
+
strick=193612 12 36
 
fate=Scuttled
 
fate=Scuttled
fate2=
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fate2=off Pearl Harbor
fatedate=1936{{INF}}
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fatedate=18 Dec 1938
 
}
 
}
  
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hullno=SS-125
 
hullno=SS-125
 
pend=
 
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builder=[[Fore River]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
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fate=Sold
 
fate=Sold
 
fate2=
 
fate2=
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hullno=SS-126
 
hullno=SS-126
 
pend=
 
pend=
builder=[[Fore River]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
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builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
order=
 
order=
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laid=19 Dec 18
 
launch=18 8 20{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
launch=18 8 20{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
comm=
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comm=24 Aug 21
decomm=
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decomm=14 Sep 1942
 
strick=
 
strick=
 
fate=Transferred
 
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hullno=SS-127
 
hullno=SS-127
 
pend=
 
pend=
builder=[[Fore River]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
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builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
order=
 
order=
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laid=6 Jan 19
 
launch=15 7 20{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
launch=15 7 20{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
comm=
+
comm=23 Jun 24
decomm=
+
decomm=19 Jun 1942
strick=
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strick=Aug 1945
 
fate=Transferred
 
fate=Transferred
 
fate2=to Royal Navy
 
fate2=to Royal Navy
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hullno=SS-128
 
hullno=SS-128
 
pend=
 
pend=
builder=[[Fore River]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
+
builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
order=
 
order=
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strick=
+
strick=16 Nov 1945
 
fate=Sold
 
fate=Sold
 
fate2=
 
fate2=
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hullno=SS-129
 
hullno=SS-129
 
pend=
 
pend=
builder=[[Fore River]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
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order=
 
order=
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fate=Sold
 
fate=Sold
 
fate2=
 
fate2=
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fatedate=
 
}
 
}
  
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hullno=SS-130
 
hullno=SS-130
 
pend=
 
pend=
builder=[[Fore River]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
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order=
 
order=
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launch=29 5 22{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
launch=29 5 22{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
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comm=9 Jul 23
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decomm=4 Nov 1941
 
strick=
 
strick=
 
fate=Transferred
 
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hullno=SS-131
 
hullno=SS-131
 
pend=
 
pend=
builder=[[Fore River]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
+
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order=
 
order=
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laid=7 Nov 19
 
launch=22 8 22{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
launch=22 8 22{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
comm=
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comm=15 Oct 23
 
decomm=
 
decomm=
 
strick=
 
strick=
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}
 
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hullno=SS-132
 
hullno=SS-132
 
pend=
 
pend=
builder=[[Fore River]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
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order=
 
order=
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launch=18 10 22{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
comm=
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comm=22 Jan 24
 
decomm=
 
decomm=
 
strick=
 
strick=
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+
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fate2=
 
fate2=
 
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fatedate=19 6 1942{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
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hullno=SS-133
 
hullno=SS-133
 
pend=
 
pend=
builder=[[Fore River]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
+
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order=
 
order=
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launch=20 9 22{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
launch=20 9 22{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
comm=
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comm=13 Dec 23
 
decomm=
 
decomm=
 
strick=
 
strick=
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+
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fate2=
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fatedate=4 7 1944{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
}
 
}
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hullno=SS-134
 
pend=
 
pend=
builder=[[Fore River]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
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builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
order=
 
order=
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laid=17 Apr 19
 
launch=9 11 22{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
launch=9 11 22{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
comm=
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comm=22 May 24
decomm=
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decomm=5 Jun 1942
strick=
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strick=26 Jan 1946
 
fate=Transferred
 
fate=Transferred
 
fate2=to Royal Navy
 
fate2=to Royal Navy
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builder=[[Union Iron Works]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
builder=[[Union Iron Works]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
order=
 
order=
laid=
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laid=1 Apr 18
 
launch=21 11 18{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
launch=21 11 18{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
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comm=29 Oct 20
decomm=
+
decomm=9 Oct 1945
strick=
+
strick=24 Oct 1945
fate=Stricken
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fate=Sold
 
fate2=
 
fate2=
fatedate=1946{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
+
fatedate=Dec 1946
 
}
 
}
  
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builder=[[Union Iron Works]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
builder=[[Union Iron Works]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
order=
 
order=
laid=
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laid=13 Apr 18
 
launch=28 12 18{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
launch=28 12 18{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
comm=
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comm=11 May 22
decomm=
+
decomm=19 Oct 1945
strick=
+
strick=1 Nov 1945
fate=Stricken
+
fate=Sold
 
fate2=
 
fate2=
fatedate=1946{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
+
fatedate=May 1946
 
}
 
}
  
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builder=[[Union Iron Works]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
builder=[[Union Iron Works]]{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
 
order=
 
order=
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launch=11 1 19{{Conways1906|p. 130}}
comm=
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comm=15 Jun 22
decomm=
+
decomm=19 Oct 1945
strick=
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fate=Sold
 
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Latest revision as of 13:30, 27 April 2018

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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