USS S-1

S-1 (SS-105)
S-1
History
United States
NameUSS S-1
BuilderFore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts[1]
Laid down11 December 1917[1]
Launched26 October 1918[1]
Sponsored byMrs. Emory S. Land
Commissioned5 June 1920[1]
Decommissioned20 October 1937[1]
Commissioned16 October 1940[1]
Decommissioned20 April 1942[1]
Stricken24 June 1942[2]
FateTransferred to the Royal Navy, 20 April 1942, sold, 14 September 1945[1]
United Kingdom
NameHMS P552'[1]
Acquired20 April 1942[1]
FateSuffered a collision in Durban harbor and declared unseaworthy, January 1944, nominally returned to the United States and sold for scrap locally[3]
General characteristics
TypeS-class direct-drive diesel-electric submarine, S-1 type[2]
Displacement
  • 854 long tons (868 t) (surfaced, standard)
  • [4] 1,062 long tons (1,079 t) (submerged)[4]
Length219 ft 3 in (66.83 m)[4]
Beam20 ft 8 in (6.30 m)[4]
Draft15 ft 11 in (4.85 m)[4]
Installed power
  • 1,200 hp (890 kW) (diesel engines)
  • 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion
Speed14.5 kn (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h) surfaced,[4] 11 kn (13 mph; 20 km/h) submerged[4]
Endurance20 hours @ 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h)[4]
Test depth200 ft (61 m)[4]
Complement4 officers, 34 enlisted[4]
Armament

USS S-1 (SS-105) was the lead boat of the S class of submarines of the United States Navy.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
  2. ^ a b c Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 266–267. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
  3. ^ Chalcraft, Geoff. "British Submarines of World War II". Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  5. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 258
  6. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 124. Note that "disappearing" means that the gun can be retracted into the deck to reduce drag and increase underwater speed.