.jpg) USS S-20 off New England on 26 March 1945.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts[1] |
| Laid down | 15 August 1918[1] |
| Launched | 9 June 1920[1] |
| Sponsored by | Miss Anne Claggett Zell |
| Commissioned | 22 November 1922[1] |
| Decommissioned | 16 July 1945[1] |
| Stricken | 25 July 1945[1] |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 22 January 1946[1] |
| General characteristics After 1924 rebuild | |
| Type | S-class direct-drive diesel and electric submarine, S-1 type[2] |
| Displacement | 930 long tons (940 t) surfaced, standard,[3] 1,094 long tons (1,112 t) submerged[3] |
| Length | 222 ft 5+1⁄2 in (67.805 m)[3] |
| Beam | 23 ft 11+3⁄4 in (7.309 m)[3] |
| Draft | 17 ft 4+3⁄8 in (5.293 m)[3] |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21 km/h) surfaced, 1939,[3] 8.9 knots (16.5 km/h) submerged[3] |
| Range | 3,710 nautical miles (6,870 km) @ 6.5 knots (12 km/h),[3] 7,900 nautical miles (14,600 km) @ 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h) with fuel in main ballast tanks, 1939[3] |
| Endurance | 20 hours @ 5 knots (9 km/h)[3] |
| Test depth | 200 ft (60 m)[3] |
| Complement | 4 officers, 39 enlisted (1939)[3] |
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USS S-20 (SS-125) was a first-group (S-1 or "Holland") S-class submarine of the United States Navy in commission from 1922 to 1945. She saw duty in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and during World War II operated off New England.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 258