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Photo # 80-G-33750:  Crememembers manning USS S-44's four-inch deck gun, January 1943

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USS S-44 (SS-155), 1925-1943 -- Part II


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  • USS S-44 (SS-155).


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    Photo #: NH 78909

    USS S-43 (SS-154)


    In Balboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone, during the 1920s.
    USS S-44 (SS-155) is in the left center background and several ships of the U.S. Fleet are in the right distance.

    Courtesy of Mrs. D.M. Corn, in memory of Dr. K.L. Rosenkrance, 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 80595

    USS S-44 (SS-155)


    Retrieving torpedoes in 1926. Note crewman kneeling on the starboard diving plane, holding a boat hook. The torpedo is faintly visible to the right of the boat hook's far end.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Lieutenant O.E. Wightman.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 495 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 80746

    USS S-44 (SS-155)


    Undergoing repairs at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, 1926.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Lieutenant O.E. Wightman.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42154

    USS S-42 (SS-153)


    Off San Diego, California, during the 1920s or 1930s.
    USS S-44 (SS-155) is in the background.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42189

    USS S-46 (SS-157)


    Leaving Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, en route to the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, in April 1927.
    USS S-44 (SS-155) is in the foreground. Destroyer in the distance is USS Moody (DD-277).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53437

    USS Holland (AS-3)


    Moored off San Diego, California, circa 1930.
    Submarines alongside, apparently holding inspection, are (from inboard):
    USS V-3 (SF-6), later Bonita (SS-165);
    USS V-2 (SF-5), later Bass (SS-164);
    USS S-45 (SS-156);
    USS S-43 (SS-154);
    USS S-44 (SS-155); and
    USS S-42 (SS-153);

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63094

    USS Holland (AS-3)


    Moored off San Diego, California, circa 1930.
    Submarines alongside, to starboard, are (from inboard):
    USS S-25 (SS-130);
    USS S-28 (SS-133);
    USS S-24 (SS-129);
    USS S-27 (SS-132);
    USS S-26 (SS-131); and
    USS S-48 (SS-159) or USS S-46 (SS-157).
    Submarines moored to Holland's port side are (from inboard):
    USS V-3 (SF-6), later Bonita (SS-165);
    USS V-2 (SF-5), later Bass (SS-164);
    USS S-45 (SS-156);
    USS S-43 (SS-154);
    USS S-44 (SS-155); and
    USS S-42 (SS-153);

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96623

    USS Holland (AS-3)


    In Balboa harbor, Panama Canal Zone, 7 May 1927, with seven "S"-type submarines alongside.
    Panoramic photograph, taken for the National Photo Service, San Antonio, Texas. Note that firm's logo in the right-center.
    Submarines in the center group are (from outboard): S-46 (SS-157); S-47 (SS-158); S-44 (SS-155); and an unidentifed boat. Outboard submarine in the group astern is S-45 (SS-156).

    Courtesy of Captain Gordon Peterson, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 1200 x 345 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96624

    19th Submarine Division


    At San Diego, California, 28 July 1928, with officers and crewmen paraded on deck.
    Panoramic photograph, taken by O.A. Tunnell, 521 A St., San Diego.
    The first three submarines are (from inboard): S-46 (SS-157); S-42 (SS-152) and S-47 (SS-158). The other three are (in no order): S-43 (SS-154); S-44 (SS-155) and S-45 (SS-156).

    Courtesy of Captain Gordon Peterson, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 128KB; 1200 x 420 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 70777

    USS S-44 (SS-155)


    Ship's Company posed on board, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa the later 1920s or the 1930s.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 123KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-12171

    Captain Ralph W. Christie, USN
    ,
    Commander Task Force 42 and Submarine Squadron Five (left)

    Congratulates Lieutenant Commander John R. Moore, USN, Commanding Officer of USS S-44 (SS-155), " as he returned to this South Pacific base after a very successful week of patrol activity". (quoted from original World War II photo caption)
    The original caption date is 1 September 1942, which is presumably a release date. S-44 returned to Brisbane, Australia, on 23 August 1942 at the end of a war patrol in the Solomon Islands, during which she sank the Japanese heavy cruiser Kako. The photograph was probably taken at about that time.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-77065

    Submarine Squadron FIVE (SubRon 5)


    A Chief Torpedoman paints another "hashmark" on the Torpedo Shop scoreboard of Japanese ships claimed sunk by SubRon 5's "S-Boats", operating out of Brisbane, Australia, during April-November 1942.
    Photographed on board USS Griffin (AS-13), tender to the squadron. Submarines listed on the scoreboard include S-37 (SS-142), S-38 (SS-143), S-39 (SS-144), S-40 (SS-145), S-41 (SS-146), S-42 (SS-153), S-43 (SS-154), S-44 (SS-155), S-45 (SS-156), S-46 (SS-157), and S-47 (SS-158).
    The original caption dates the photo on 7 January 1943, but it may have been taken earlier, as Griffin left Australia in November 1942.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 104KB; 585 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-33750

    USS S-44 (SS-155)


    Crewmembers manning the submarine's 4"/50 deck gun, January 1943.
    Note beards worn by all these Sailors and "victory" flags painted on the fairwater.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 127KB; 740 x 625 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     

    For more images of this submarine, see:

  • USS S-44 (SS-155).


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


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