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Photo # NH 41810: Stern of the sunken USS S-5 showing above the water, a few days after she sank on 1 September 1920

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The 1920s -- 1920

Loss of USS S-5 (SS-110), 1 September 1920


This page features all the views we have related to the sinking of the submarine S-5.

For other images concerning USS S-5, see:

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

    For pictures and information on this submarine's only Commanding Officer, see:

  • Admiral Charles M. Cooke, USN, (1886-1970).


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

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 41810

    USS S-5
    (SS-110)

    Stern showing above the water, a few days after she accidentally sank off Delaware Bay on 1 September 1920.
    Photographed from USS McDougal (DD-54), which took some of S-5's crew back to New York.

    Donation of Ensign E.N. Cohen, USNR, 1964.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 48KB; 515 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57595

    USS S-5
    (SS-110)

    Stern showing above the water on 2 September 1920, the day after she accidentally sank off Delaware Bay.
    The steamship Alanthus is standing by.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 57596

    USS S-5
    (SS-110)

    Steamship Alanthus standing by the submarine's stern on 2 September 1920, the day after she accidentally sank off Delaware Bay.
    Photographed from USS McDougal (DD-54).

    Donation of Ensign E.N. Cohen, USNR, 1964.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41808

    USS S-5
    (SS-110)

    Navy tug alongside the partially sunken submarine's stern, while initial salvage operations were underway, in early September 1920.
    The battleship Ohio (BB-12), which attempted to tow S-5 into shallower water, is in the background.

    Donation of Ellis J. Altman, 1938.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     

    For other images concerning USS S-5, see:

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


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


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