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Photo # NH 41806:  USS S-5 underway in 1920

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USS S-5 (Submarine # 110, later SS-110), 1920-1920

USS S-5, an 876-ton S-3 class submarine, was built by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, located in Kittery, Maine. She was commissioned in March 1920, and spent the next several months on trials, training and post-completion shipyard work. After leaving Boston Navy Yard at the end of August, S-5 was off Delaware Bay on 1 September 1920 when a practice dive went very wrong and she sank bow-first, with only her stern showing above the water. In a dramatic adventure, her exhausted crew was rescued during the next few days, and salvage attempts began. However, these were unsuccessful and S-5 settled to the bottom, where she was abandoned.

This page features, or provides links to, all the views we have concerning USS S-5 (Submarine # 110, later SS-110).

For more images related to this submarine, see:

  • Loss of USS S-5, 1 September 1920.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 41806

    USS S-5
    (SS-110)

    Underway in 1920.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46542

    USS S-5
    (Submarine # 110)

    Keel laying, at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 4 December 1917.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 119KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102805

    USS S-5
    (Submarine # 110)

    Being prepared for launching from a covered building way at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 10 November 1919.

    Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the U.S. Navy

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102806

    USS S-5
    (Submarine # 110)

    Afloat immediately after launching, at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 10 November 1919.

    Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the U.S. Navy

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 38KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     


    For more images related to this submarine, see:

  • Loss of USS S-5, 1 September 1920.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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