USS S-1, first of a numerous class of Electric Boat Company type 854-ton submarines, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts. Commissioned in June 1920, she mainly served in New England waters until 1922, when she was modified to both bring her up to current standards with a larger deck gun and to fit her for experimental use as a base for a small scouting seaplane. S-1 spent the next several years conducting tests with Martin MS-1 aircraft, then returned to regular operational use. During the later 1920s she made several deployments to the Caribbean area, and in 1930 was transferred to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
S-1 was based in Hawaii for seven years, returning to the East Coast in July 1937 to be laid up. She decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in October of that year and remained in reserve until recalled to active duty in October 1940, part of the Nation's response to the outbreak of World War II more than a year earlier. While operating in a training capacity in 1940-1941 S-1 made two trips to Bermuda. In April 1942 she was decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom. As HMS P-552, she was employed by the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean and South Atlantic. Returned to U.S. custody at Durban, South Africa, in October 1944, she was sold for scrapping there in July 1945.
This page features, or provides links to, all the views we have concerning USS S-1 (Submarine # 105, later SS-105).
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In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS S-1 (SS-105). The following list features some of these images:
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USS S-1 (SS-105) At the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, on 30 December 1922, at the conclusion of a yard period in which she received an aircraft hangar and 4"/50 deck gun. Starboard bow surface view. There is ice in the water off S-1's bow. A large mobile crane and USS Wilmington (PG-8) are in the background. Removing a Martin MS-1 seaplane from the hangar on USS S-1 (SS-105), at Hampton Roads, Virginia, 23 October 1923. Closeup view, taken from off the submarine's port quarter, showing Sailors pulling the airplane's fuselage out of the hangar entrance, prior to assembling it for flight. This view is apparently one of a series showing the assembly of the MS-1 on board the submarine. Another view in this series is Photo # NH 71028. USS S-1 (SS-105) underway, probably in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the 1930s. Port broadside view. The image is partially framed by the trunk and branches of a palm tree in the foreground.
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Page made 27 November 2004
Coding updated 22 November 2010