USS S-6 submarine
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:38 pm
Built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard at Kittery for the USS Navy.
29 January 1918 keel laid down.
23 December 1919 launched as USS S-6, sponsored by Ms. Eleanor Westcott. The boat was one of the S class of which 51 where built.
Displacement 876 tons surfaced, 1.092 tons submerged. Dim. 70.4 x 6.6 x 4.1m. (draught).
Powered by two MAN diesel engines each 1,000 hp and 2 Westinghouse electric motors each 600 hp., twin shafts, speed surface 15 knots and 11 knots submerged.
Bunker capacity 148 tons fuel oil.
Range by a speed of 10 knots, 5,000 miles surfaced.
Test depth 61 meter.
Armament: 1 – 4 inch deck gun and 4 – 21 inch bow torpedo tubes, carried 12 torpedoes.
Crew 42.
17 May 1920 commissioned under command of Lieutenant Commander George B. Junkin.
I am slowly working my way through my UFO images and came upon this one - an S Class US Navy Submarine with the figure 6 on the sail.
Following trials and outfitting, S-6 departed New London, Conn., on 18 November 1920 to join other "S" boats of Submarine Divisions 12 and 18 for what was to be, at that time, the longest cruise for American submarines on record. The trip, begun with a rendezvous off Portsmouth, N. H., took them through the Panama Canal to Pearl Harbor and then to Cavite, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Other submarines had operated out of Cavite prior to this but had been transported there on the decks of colliers.
The two submarine divisions operated from Cavite over the next three years, from the date of their arrival on 1 December 1921 until 29 October 1924. During that time, they frequently visited Chinese ports at Shanghai, Chefoo, Chinwangtao, Tsingtao, Amoy, and Woosung.
On 30 December 1924, S-6 and her division (SubDiv 12) arrived at Mare Island, Calif. They operated along the west coast until 15 February 1927; in the Panama Canal area during March and April; then returned to New London on 3 May to operate along the New England coast. On 17 December, S-4, a unit of SubDiv 12, sank after colliding with the Coast Guard cutter Paulding, off Provincetown, Mass. S-6 then served as a training model to familiarize divers preparing to raise the sunken sub. S-4 was raised on 17 March 1928 and S-6 resumed normal operations with her division. She conducted winter maneuvers in the Panama Canal area in 1929 and 1930, but primarily operated out of New London until decommissioned on 10 April 1931, at Philadelphia.
S-6 was struck from the Navy list on 25 January 1937, where after she was broken up.
USA 2000 sg3743. scott3373
Source: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
I think this just leaves the GATO and OHIO class submarines to be identified.
Peter Crichton
29 January 1918 keel laid down.
23 December 1919 launched as USS S-6, sponsored by Ms. Eleanor Westcott. The boat was one of the S class of which 51 where built.
Displacement 876 tons surfaced, 1.092 tons submerged. Dim. 70.4 x 6.6 x 4.1m. (draught).
Powered by two MAN diesel engines each 1,000 hp and 2 Westinghouse electric motors each 600 hp., twin shafts, speed surface 15 knots and 11 knots submerged.
Bunker capacity 148 tons fuel oil.
Range by a speed of 10 knots, 5,000 miles surfaced.
Test depth 61 meter.
Armament: 1 – 4 inch deck gun and 4 – 21 inch bow torpedo tubes, carried 12 torpedoes.
Crew 42.
17 May 1920 commissioned under command of Lieutenant Commander George B. Junkin.
I am slowly working my way through my UFO images and came upon this one - an S Class US Navy Submarine with the figure 6 on the sail.
Following trials and outfitting, S-6 departed New London, Conn., on 18 November 1920 to join other "S" boats of Submarine Divisions 12 and 18 for what was to be, at that time, the longest cruise for American submarines on record. The trip, begun with a rendezvous off Portsmouth, N. H., took them through the Panama Canal to Pearl Harbor and then to Cavite, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Other submarines had operated out of Cavite prior to this but had been transported there on the decks of colliers.
The two submarine divisions operated from Cavite over the next three years, from the date of their arrival on 1 December 1921 until 29 October 1924. During that time, they frequently visited Chinese ports at Shanghai, Chefoo, Chinwangtao, Tsingtao, Amoy, and Woosung.
On 30 December 1924, S-6 and her division (SubDiv 12) arrived at Mare Island, Calif. They operated along the west coast until 15 February 1927; in the Panama Canal area during March and April; then returned to New London on 3 May to operate along the New England coast. On 17 December, S-4, a unit of SubDiv 12, sank after colliding with the Coast Guard cutter Paulding, off Provincetown, Mass. S-6 then served as a training model to familiarize divers preparing to raise the sunken sub. S-4 was raised on 17 March 1928 and S-6 resumed normal operations with her division. She conducted winter maneuvers in the Panama Canal area in 1929 and 1930, but primarily operated out of New London until decommissioned on 10 April 1931, at Philadelphia.
S-6 was struck from the Navy list on 25 January 1937, where after she was broken up.
USA 2000 sg3743. scott3373
Source: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
I think this just leaves the GATO and OHIO class submarines to be identified.
Peter Crichton