 United States Submarine S-46 underway in 1925
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS S-46 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 23 February 1921 |
| Launched | 11 September 1923 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Grace Roosevelt |
| Commissioned | 5 June 1925 |
| Decommissioned | 2 November 1945 |
| Stricken | 16 November 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping November 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | S-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 225 ft 3 in (68.66 m) |
| Beam | 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h) surfaced, 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h) submerged |
| Complement | 42 officers and men |
| Armament | 1 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 deck gun, 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | World War II |
| Awards: | 1 battle star |
USS S-46 (SS-157) was a third-group (S-42) S-class submarine of the United States Navy.