Soviet submarine S-55

S-class submarine (Series IX-bis)

Service

Soviet Navy as S-5525 July 1941 — December 1943886 days of the war

S-class submarine (Series IX-bis) Particulars

Name: S-55
Builder: Dalzavod, Vladivostok
Laid down: 24 November 1936
Launched: 27 November 1939
Commissioned: 25 July 1941
Fate: Disappeared in December 1943, sunk by unknown cause (1943)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 842 long tons (856 t)
Displacement, submerged: 1,073 long tons (1,090 t)
Length: 77.8 m (255.2 ft)
Beam: 6.4 m (21 ft)
Draught: 4 m (13.1 ft)
Speed: 18.9 knots (34.9 km/h, 21.7 mph)
Range: 9,500 nmi (17,594 km)
Complement: 45

S-55 was a submarine of the S-class submarine (Series IX-bis) of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid at Dalzavod, Vladivostok on 24 November 1936. She entered service on 25 July 1941, having been launched on 27 November 1939.

She was one of 111 ships of her class.

The boat displaced 842 long tons surfaced and 1,073 long tons submerged. She measured 77.8 m (255 ft) long with a beam of 6.4 m (21 ft). Her designed speed was 18.9 knots, and she carried a complement of 45.

She was in commission for 886 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk in December 1943. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2 × diesel engines
2 × electric motors
2 × shafts
Armament: 6 × torpedo tubes
2 × deck guns

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from Soviet submarine S-55 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Darryl L. Baker. — USN photo # 6696-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. https://www.navsource.net/archives/08/08457.htm http://navsource.org/archives/08/100/0845705.jpg — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons