Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Submarine SS-118

USS S-13

S-3-class submarine

Displacement
930 long tons (945 t)
Length
70.41 m (231 ft)
Beam
6.4 m (21 ft)
Speed
14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
Complement
38
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

Service

  1. United States Navy as S-1314 July 1923 — 10 April 19452,048 days of the war
S-3-class submarine Particulars
Name
USS S-13
Pennant / hull number
SS-118
Builder
Portsmouth Navy Yard, on Seavey Island, Kittery, Maine
Laid down
14 February 1920
Launched
20 October 1921
Commissioned
14 July 1923
Decommissioned
30 September 1936
Recommissioned
28 October 1940
Struck
19 May 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 28 October 1945 (1945)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
930 long tons (945 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,138 long tons (1,156 t)
Length
70.41 m (231 ft)
Beam
6.4 m (21 ft)
Draught
3.96 m (13 ft)
Speed
14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
Range
5,500 nmi (10,186 km)
Complement
38
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

USS S-13 was a S-3-class submarine in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number SS-118. Her keel was laid at Portsmouth Navy Yard, on Seavey Island, Kittery, Maine on 14 February 1920. Launched on 20 October 1921, she entered service on 14 July 1923.

The boat displaced 930 long tons surfaced and 1,138 long tons submerged. She measured 70.4 m (231 ft) long with a beam of 6.4 m (21 ft). Her designed speed was 14 knots, and she carried a complement of 38.

Her main battery was one 102 mm (4 in) guns. Her machinery developed 2,000 bhp.

She was in commission for 2,048 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 30 September 1936. She recommissioned on 28 October 1940. She was struck from the register on 19 May 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 28 October 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 × MAN–New York Navy Yard, S6V45/42 diesel engines
  • 2 × Westinghouse Electric Corporation electric motors
  • 2 × 60-cell batteries
  • 2 × Propellers
Power
  • 2000 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-13 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.