USS S-9, seventh of the eleven 876-ton S-3 class submarines built by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, was commissioned in February 1921. She began a long voyage to the Philippines at the end of May of that year, arriving in December after transiting the Panama Canal and calling at ports in California and Hawaii while en route. S-9 served with the Asiatic Fleet in Chinese and Philippine waters before returning to the U.S. West Coast late in 1924. The submarine was based there until February 1927, when she went south to Panama for a few months and then continued on to the Atlantic Coast. Her remaining active career was split between the East Coast and Panama areas. USS S-9 was placed out of commission in mid-April 1931. Following nearly six years in lay up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard she was stricken from the list of Navy ships in January 1937 and subsequently scrapped.
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Page made 25 February 2006
Photo caption corrected 28 February 2006