USS S-19

USS S-19 on the Thames River at New London, Connecticut, sometime between 1923 and 1930
History
United States
NameUSS S-19
BuilderFore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts[1]
Laid down15 August 1918[1]
Launched21 June 1920[1]
Sponsored byMiss Genevieve Kittinger
Commissioned24 August 1921[1]
Decommissioned8 March 1922
Recommissioned6 January 1923
Decommissioned10 February 1934[1]
Stricken12 December 1936[1]
FateScuttled 18 December 1938[2]
General characteristics
TypeS-class direct-drive diesel-electric submarine, S-1 type[2]
Displacement
  • 854 long tons (868 t) surfaced, standard[2]
  • 1,062 long tons (1,079 t) submerged[2]
Length219 ft 3 in (66.83 m)[2]
Beam20 ft 8 in (6.30 m)[2]
Draft15 ft 11 in (4.85 m) mean[2]
Installed power
  • 1,200 hp (890 kW) (diesel engines)
  • 2,350 hp (1,750 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 14.5 kn (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h) surfaced[2]
  • 10.5 kn (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) submerged[2]
Endurance20 hours at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h)[3]
Test depth200 ft (61 m)[3]
Complement38 men[2]
Armament

USS S-19 (SS-124) was a first-group (S-1 or "Holland") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. She was in commission from 1921 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1934 and served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

  1. ^ a b c d e f 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 d e f g h i j k l 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. ^ a b c d e f g U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  4. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 258