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Photo # NH 41897:  USS S-7 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February 1928

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USS S-7 (Submarine # 112, later SS-112), 1920-1937

USS S-7, an 876-ton S-3 class submarine, was built by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. Commissioned at the beginning of July 1920, during the following year she made a long voyage to the Philippines by way of the Panama Canal, California and Hawaii. The submarine operated in Far Eastern waters until October 1924, when she headed back to the U.S. West Coast. In February 1927 S-7 went south to the Panama Canal Zone, where she served for a few months before proceeding to New London, Connecticut. She was active off the U.S. northeastern coast, making occasional trips back to the Panama area, until October 1930, when she was sent to the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Decommissioned there in early April 1931, USS S-7 was laid up in reserve. She was stricken from the Navy list in January 1937 and later broken up.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS S-7 (Submarine # 112, later SS-112).


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Photo #: NH 41897

USS S-7
(SS-112)

Passing USS Mercy (AH-4) in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February 1928.
Photographed by Tauzin.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 54KB; 740 x 595 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 41748

USS S-7
(SS-112)

Underway in a harbor, during the 1920s.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 53436

USS Holland
(AS-3)

In port, with several "S" type submarines alongside, circa 1926.
Note the Submarine Division Eleven insignia on the fairwaters of the two inboard subs.
Submarines present are (from inboard to outboard):
unidentified;
USS S-25 (SS-130);
USS S-7 (SS-112);
USS S-4 (SS-109);
USS S-6 (SS-111); and
USS S-8 (SS-113).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 475 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 100459

USS Camden
(AS-6)

Photographed circa the middle or later 1920s, with ten "S" type submarines alongside. The submarines are (on Camden's starboard side, from left to right):
USS S-18 (SS-123);
unidentified Electric Boat type "S-boat";
USS S-19 (SS-124);
USS S-12 (SS-117); and an
unidentified Government type "S-boat".
(on Camden's port side, from left to right):
unidentified Government type "S-boat";
USS S-7 (SS-112);
USS S-8 (SS-113);
USS S-9 (SS-114); and
USS S-3 (SS-107).

Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 165KB; 740 x 620 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 46544

USS S-7
(Submarine # 112)

Keel laying, at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 29 January 1918.
Note the riveting hammers held by the two officers at right and the man in the middle, and hot rivet tongs held by the young men at left, and the metal tags on their clothing.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 570 pixels

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS S-7 (SS-112). The following list features this image:

The image listed below is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • Photo #: USN 1043576
    USS S-7 (SS-112) with the U.S. Fleet at Port Angeles, Washington, during the 1920s. Photographed by Peck.
    Port broadside (somewhat toward the bow) view. Several submarines and battleships of the Fleet are anchored in the background.


    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


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


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    Page made 28 January 2006
    Photo caption corrected 28 February 2006