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|-
! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 51 vessels
|-
| 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
|- 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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name=S-47
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{ship
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name=S-48
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fate2=

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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