USS S-17
S-3-class submarine
Service
- as S-171 March 1921 — 4 October 19441,860 days of the war
- Name
- USS S-17
- Pennant / hull number
- SS-122
- Builder
- Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Laid down
- 19 March 1918
- Launched
- 22 May 1920
- Commissioned
- 1 March 1921
- Decommissioned
- 29 March 1935
- Recommissioned
- 16 December 1940
- Struck
- 13 November 1944
- Fate
- Intentionally sunk, 5 April 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 875 long tons (889 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,088 long tons (1,105 t)
- Length
- 70.41 m (231 ft)
- Beam
- 6.4 m (21 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
- Complement
- 38
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS S-17 was a S-3-class submarine of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number SS-122. Her keel was laid at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut on 19 March 1918. Launched on 22 May 1920, she entered service on 1 March 1921.
The boat displaced 875 long tons surfaced and 1,088 long tons submerged. She measured 70.4 m (231 ft) long with a beam of 6.4 m (21 ft). Her designed speed was 15 knots, and she carried a complement of 38.
Her main battery was one 102 mm (4 in) guns. Her machinery developed 1,400 bhp.
She was in commission for 1,860 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 29 March 1935. She recommissioned on 16 December 1940. She was struck from the register on 13 November 1944.
She was sunk on 5 April 1945, at 11°34′N 78°36′W. 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 × Busch-Sulzer 6M150 diesel engines
- 2 × Westinghouse Electric Corporation electric motors
- 2 × 60-cell batteries
- 2 × Propellers
- Power
- 1400 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-17 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Standards and Curriculum Division Training, Bureau of Naval Personnel — The Fleet Type Submarine, Navpers 16160 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons