USS S-22
S-18-class submarine
Service
- as S-2223 June 1924 — 19 June 19421,022 days of the war
- as P.55419 September 1942 — 11 July 1944661 days of the war
- Name
- USS S-22
- Pennant / hull number
- SS-127
- Builder
- Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
- Laid down
- 6 January 1919
- Launched
- 15 July 1920
- Commissioned
- 23 June 1924
- Decommissioned
- 19 June 1942
- Struck
- August 1945
- Fate
- Returned to the US Navy, 11 July 1944
Sold for scrapping, 16 November 1945 (1944) - Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 930 long tons (945 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,094 long tons (1,112 t)
- Length
- 66.75 m (219 ft)
- Beam
- 6.1 m (20 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h, 16.7 mph)
- Range
- 3,420 nmi (6,334 km)
- Complement
- 38
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS S-22 was a S-18-class submarine in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number SS-127. Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts laid her keel on 6 January 1919. She entered service on 23 June 1924, having been launched on 15 July 1920.
The boat displaced 930 long tons surfaced and 1,094 long tons submerged. She measured 66.8 m (219 ft) long with a beam of 6.1 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 14.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 38.
Her main battery was one 102 mm (4 in) guns. Her machinery developed 1,200 bhp.
She served with the United States Navy as S-22 until 19 June 1942. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as P.554 from 19 September 1942. She was in commission for 1,683 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 19 June 1942. She was struck from the register in August 1945.
She was broken up for scrap on 11 July 1944.
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Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × NELSECO diesel engines
- 2 × Ridgway Dynamo & Engine Company electric motors
- 2 × 60-cell batteries
- 2 × Propellers
- Power
- 1200 bhp diesel
- 2375 hp electric
- Armament
- 4 × 21 in torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes)
- 1 × 4 in/50-caliber
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS S-22 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons