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Photo # NH 41848:  Crew's Quarters of USS S-4,looking forward, 25 December , 1919

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USS S-4 (Submarine # 109), 1919-1936 --
Interior Views, 1919

On Christmas Day of 1919 (if the inscriptions on the original prints have any credibility), a Portsmouth Navy Yard photographer took time out from his busy holiday to go on board the then brand-new submarine S-4, producing a remarkable series of views of her interior. This provides a fine record of the internal outfitting and decor of Navy-designed "S" type submarines (the S-3 class). Though S-4 had been somewhat altered by the time of her accidental sinking nearly eight years later, these photographs generally reflect her interior arrangement at that time. They also represent the internal appearance of USS S-5 (SS-110) at the time of her loss on 1 September 1920.

This page features all the 1919 views we have of showing the interior of USS S-4 (Submarine # 109) from her torpedo room through her control room, and provides links to interior views taken further aft.
The photographs on this, and the page linked from it, provide a visual interior tour of the submarine from bow to stern, and are presented in that order.
To place these photographs in context, see the general arrangement drawing for USS S-4 presented in Photo # NH 41859.

For other interior views of this submarine, taken in 1919, see:

  • USS S-4 (Submarine # 109), 1919-1936 -- Interior Views, 1919 (Part II).

    For more images concerning this submarine, see:

  • USS S-4 (Submarine # 109, later SS-109), 1919-1936.


    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 41842

    USS S-4
    (Submarine # 109)

    Interior view, looking forward from the after end of the Torpedo Room, 25 December 1919.
    Taken by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
    Note torpedo tubes and torpedo handling gear.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 147KB; 690 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41844

    USS S-4
    (Submarine # 109)

    Interior view, looking forward and to port in the Torpedo Room, showing impulse tanks and torpedo tubes, 25 December 1919.
    Taken by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41843

    USS S-4
    (Submarine # 109)

    Interior view, looking aft from the forward end of the Torpedo Room, 25 December 1919.
    Taken by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
    Note torpedo handling gear and door to the Battery Room crew's quarters.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 128KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41845

    USS S-4
    (Submarine # 109)

    Interior view, looking toward the port after corner of the Torpedo Room, showing piping, torpedo cradles and a folding bunk, 25 December 1919.
    Taken by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41848

    USS S-4
    (Submarine # 109)

    Interior view, looking forward in the Crew's Quarters (Battery Room), 25 December 1919.
    Taken by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
    Note folding chairs, table, benches and berths; also Christmas decorations.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41847

    USS S-4
    (Submarine # 109)

    Interior view, looking aft in the Crew's Quarters (Battery Room), 25 December 1919.
    Taken by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
    Note folding chairs and tables, coffee pot, Christmas decorations and door to the Control Room.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41850

    USS S-4
    (Submarine # 109)

    Interior view, looking forward from the aft end of the Control Room, 25 December 1919.
    Taken by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
    Note depth controls at left, electrical panel at right with ventilation duct overhead, and periscope in the center.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 148KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41841

    USS S-4
    (Submarine # 109)

    Interior view, looking toward the starboard forward corner of the Control Room, 25 December 1919.
    Taken by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
    Note chart table, ventilation duct, and what appears to be a gyro compass.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 630 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41851

    USS S-4
    (Submarine # 109)

    Interior view, looking aft from the middle of the Control Room, 25 December 1919.
    Taken by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
    Note electrical panel at left, and electric fan in the upper center. Passageway leads into the Engine Room.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 148KB; 690 x 635 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41852

    USS S-4
    (Submarine # 109)

    Interior view, looking toward the starboard after corner of the Control Room, 25 December 1919.
    Taken by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
    Note control panel and levers, electric fan, and small compartment containing electrical equipment.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     

    For other interior views of this submarine, taken in 1919, see:

  • USS S-4 (Submarine # 109), 1919-1936 -- Interior Views, 1919 (Part II).

    For more images concerning this submarine, see:

  • USS S-4 (Submarine # 109, later SS-109), 1919-1936.


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


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