USS S-14
S-3-class submarine
- Displacement
- 875 long tons (889 t)
- Length
- 70.41 m (231 ft)
- Beam
- 6.4 m (21 ft)
- Speed
- 15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
- Complement
- 38
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as S-1411 February 1921 — 18 May 19452,086 days of the war
- Name
- USS S-14
- Pennant / hull number
- SS-119
- Builder
- Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Laid down
- 7 December 1917
- Launched
- 22 October 1919
- Commissioned
- 11 February 1921
- Decommissioned
- 22 May 1935
- Recommissioned
- 10 December 1940
- Struck
- 18 May 1945
- Fate
- Sold for scrapping, 16 November 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 875 long tons (889 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,088 long tons (1,105 t)
- Length
- 70.41 m (231 ft)
- Beam
- 6.4 m (21 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
- Complement
- 38
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS S-14 was a S-3-class submarine, operated by the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number SS-119. Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut laid her keel on 7 December 1917. She entered service on 11 February 1921, having been launched on 22 October 1919.
The boat displaced 875 long tons surfaced and 1,088 long tons submerged. She measured 70.4 m (231 ft) long with a beam of 6.4 m (21 ft). Her designed speed was 15 knots, and she carried a complement of 38.
Her main battery was one 102 mm (4 in) guns. Her machinery developed 1,400 bhp.
She was in commission for 2,086 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 22 May 1935. She recommissioned on 10 December 1940. She was struck from the register on 18 May 1945.
She was broken up for scrap on 16 November 1945.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × Busch-Sulzer 6M150 diesel engines
- 2 × Westinghouse Electric Corporation electric motors
- 2 × 60-cell batteries
- 2 × Propellers
- Power
- 1400 bhp diesel
- 1200 hp electric
- Armament
- 4 × Bow 21 in torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes)
- 1 × Stern 21-in torpedo tube (2 torpedoes)
- 1 × 4 in/50-caliber
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS S-14 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.