.jpg) USS S-24 in the 1920s.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS S-24 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 1 November 1918 |
| Launched | 27 June 1922 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Herbert B. Loper |
| Commissioned | 24 August 1923 |
| Decommissioned | 10 August 1942 |
| Stricken | 25 August 1947 |
| Fate |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS P555 |
| Acquired | 10 August 1942 |
| Commissioned | October 1942 |
| Decommissioned | May 1944 |
| Fate | Returned to U.S. Navy December 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | S-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 219 ft 3 in (66.83 m) |
| Beam | 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 11 in (4.85 m) |
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| Complement | 42 officers and men |
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USS S-24 (SS-129) was a first-group (S-1 or "Holland") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. During World War II, she also served in the Royal Navy as HMS P555.