HMS P552
S-1-class submarine
Service
- as S-15 June 1920 — 20 April 1942962 days of the war
- as P.55220 April 1942 — 16 October 1944910 days of the war
- Name
- HMS P552
- Pennant / hull number
- SS-105
- Builder
- Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
- Laid down
- 11 December 1917
- Launched
- 26 October 1918
- Commissioned
- 5 June 1920
- Decommissioned
- 20 October 1937
- Recommissioned
- 16 October 1940
- Struck
- 24 June 1942
- Fate
- Returned to USN, 16 October 1944
Sold for scrapping, 20 July 1945 (1944) - Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 854 long tons (868 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,062 long tons (1,079 t)
- Length
- 66.75 m (219 ft)
- Beam
- 6.1 m (20 ft)
- Draught
- 4.57 m (15 ft)
- Speed
- 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h, 16.7 mph)
- Complement
- 38
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
S-1 (Submarine No. 105) was laid down on 11 December 1917 at Quincy, Mass., by the Fore River Shipbuilding Co.,; launched on 26 October 1918; sponsored by Mrs. Emory S. Land; and commissioned on 5 June 1920, Lt. Cmdr. Thomas G. Berrien in command.
S-1 -- redesignated as SS-105 on 17 July 1920 -- first of the "S" class submarines, was a " Holland -type" which was subcontracted to the Fore River Shipbuilding Co. by the Electric Boat Co. The Navy had awarded contracts for three of the S-boats under the same general specifications but of different design types. S-2 was known as the "Lake-type" and S-3 as the "Government-type."
S-1 began her service operations in July 1920 with a cruise to Bermuda attached to Submarine Division (SubDiv) 2), with subsequent operations out of New London, Conn., cruising the New England coast until 1923.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (S-1 (Submarine No. 105)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × NELSECO diesel engines
- 2 × Electro-Dynamic Company electric motors
- 1 × 120-cell batteries
- 2 × Propellers
- Power
- 1200 bhp diesel
- 1500 hp electric
- Armament
- 4 × 21 in torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes)
- 1 × 3 in/23-caliber deck gun (as built)
- 1 × 4 in/50-caliber (refit)
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS P552 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from S-1 (Submarine No. 105) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: USN (U.S. Naval Historical Center photograph NH 72793) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons