U.S.S. S-19 (1920)

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U.S.S. S-19 (1920)
Hull Number: SS-124
Builder: Fore River[1]
Laid down: 15 Aug, 1918
Launched: 21 Jun, 1920[2]
Commissioned: 24 Aug, 1921
Decommissioned: 10 Feb, 1934
Stricken: 1936
Scuttled: 18 Dec, 1938
Fate: off Pearl Harbor

U.S.S. S-19 was one of fifty-one "S" Class submarines completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

S-19 was commissioned on 24 August, 1921 with Lieutenant Commander Percy T. Wright in command.

A quick shakedown revealed defects, so S-19 was decommissioned on 8 March, 1922 so they could be addressed. She recommissioned at Groton, Connecticut on 6 January, 1923 with Lieutenant Commander William J. Butler in command.

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See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 130.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 130.
  3. Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 34-35.

Bibliography


"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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