Soviet submarine S-117
Service
- as Shch-117, S-117, Makerel18 December 1934 — 25 April 19532,193 days of the war
- Name
- S-117
- Builder
- plant 189 / plant 202
- Laid down
- 9 October 1932
- Launched
- 15 April 1934
- Commissioned
- 18 December 1934
- Decommissioned
- 25 April 1953
- Fate
- Lost due to unknown causes on 15 December 1952 (1952)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 577 long tons (586 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 704 long tons (715 t)
- Length
- 57 m (187 ft)
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 3.78 m (12.4 ft)
- Speed
- 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h, 14.4 mph)
- Range
- 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
- Complement
- 38
- Main gun
- 45 mm (1.8 in)
S-117 was a Shchuka-class submarine built for the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid at plant 189 / plant 202 on 9 October 1932. Launched on 15 April 1934, she entered service on 18 December 1934.
She was one of six ships of her class. The class followed the Leninets-class submarine and was succeeded by the Pravda-class submarine.
The boat displaced 577 long tons surfaced and 704 long tons submerged. She measured 57 m (187 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 12.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 38.
Her main battery was two 45 mm (1.8 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 25 April 1953.
She was sunk on 15 December 1952. The wreck survives.
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 shaft diesel electric, 1370 hp diesel, 800 hp electric
- Armament
- 4 × bow torpedo tubes
- 2 × stern torpedo tubes
- (10 torpedoes)
- 2 × 45 mm semi-automatic guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Soviet submarine S-117 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://town.ural.ru/ship/ship/h117.php3 https://pastvu.com/p/1683277 http://www.navy.su/navysub191745/sha-5bis/index-photo.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons