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Photo # NH 101009:  Officers and crew of USS S-2, 1921

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USS S-2 (Submarine # 106, later SS-106), 1920-1931
-- Part II


This page features additional views concerning USS S-2 (Submarine # 106, later SS-106).

For other images related to this submarine, see:

  • USS S-2 (Submarine # 106, later SS-106), 1920-1931.


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

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    Photo #: NH 2801

    USS S-2
    (Submarine # 106)

    View looking forward from the conning station, showing spray coming over the bow. Taken while the submarine was running trials on 11 September 1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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    Photo #: NH 101009

    USS S-2
    (SS-106)

    Ship's officers and crew, 1921.
    Chief Gunner's Mate (Torpedoman) David J. Lohr standing just to the left of the three officers.
    Note the armored cruiser in the background.

    Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman 1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101007

    USS S-2
    (SS-106)

    Seven crew members pose on deck, circa 1921.
    The man in the center of the group is Gunner's Mate David J. Lohr.

    Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman 1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 435 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101008

    USS S-2
    (SS-106)

    Ship's Chief Petty Officers, 1921.
    Chief Gunner's Mate David J. Lohr is at right. Machinist's Mate Turkette is at left.

    Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman 1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101014

    USS S-2
    (SS-106)

    View looking forward from the bridge, while she was underway in the Caribbean Sea, August 1921.
    S-2 had recently been fitted with an enlarged bow structure, as seen here, to improve her seakeeping. Note the sealed breech mechanism of her "wet" type 4"/50 deck gun.

    Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman 1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 72KB; 430 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101012

    USS S-2
    (SS-106)

    "Putting her nose into them" while en route from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Cavite, Philippine Islands, in August 1921.
    S-2 had recently been fitted with an enlarged bow structure for improved surface seakeeping, as seen here. Note 4"/50 deck gun in the foreground.

    Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman 1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 425 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101015

    USS S-2
    (SS-106)

    "The only dry place topside".
    Crewmen pose atop the submarine's fairwater, while she was en route from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Cavite, Philipping Islands, in August 1921.
    Note the periscope and bell.

    Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman 1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 55KB; 430 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101018

    USS S-2
    (SS-106)

    Scene in the close confines of S-2's bridge, while she was underway between Pearl Harbor and Guam, circa late 1921.

    Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman 1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 57KB; 515 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101011

    USS S-2
    (SS-106)

    "Jenkins and Dillon flirting with a salt water bath" on the submarine's after deck, while she was en route from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Cavite, Philippine Islands, in August 1921.

    Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman 1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 53KB; 430 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101016

    USS S-2
    (SS-106)

    Chief Torpedoman's Mate David J. Lohr leaning over the gash in S-2's after hull plating, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 6 October 1921. The damage resulted when she was rammed by USS S-16 (SS-121).
    Lohr commented on the original print: "Note waterline along top of hole. The punctured (compartment) was isolated within 30 seconds after it was pierced."

    Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman 1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 62KB; 430 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101004

    Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine


    View of the "Old Hospital ... home of the S-2 crew while in Portsmouth.". USS S-2 (SS-106) was overhauled at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in 1921.

    Copied from the collection of David J. Lohr, by courtesy of Radioman 1st Class Pamela J. Boyer, USN, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     

    For more images related to this submarine, see:

  • USS S-2 (Submarine # 106, later SS-106), 1920-1931.


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


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