USS S-29
Service
- as USS S-2922 May 1924 — 5 June 19421,008 days of the war
- as HMS P5565 June 1942 — 26 January 19461,185 days of the war
- Name
- USS S-29
- Builder
- Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, in Quincy, Massachusetts
- Laid down
- 17 April 1919
- Launched
- 9 November 1922
- Commissioned
- 22 May 1924
- Decommissioned
- 5 June 1942
- Struck
- 26 January 1946
- Fate
- Returned to the U.S. Navy 26 January 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Unknown
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
- 42
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS S-29 was a S-class submarine, operated by the United States Navy. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, in Quincy, Massachusetts laid her keel on 17 April 1919. Launched on 9 November 1922, she entered service on 22 May 1924.
She was one of 111 ships of her class.
The boat displaced 854 long tons surfaced and 1,062 long tons submerged. She measured 66.8 m (219 ft) long with a beam of 6.1 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 14.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 42.
Her main battery was one 102 mm (4 in) guns.
She served with the United States Navy as USS S-29 until 5 June 1942. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS P556 from 5 June 1942. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 5 June 1942. She was struck from the register on 26 January 1946.
She was transferred on 26 January 1946.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 1 × 4 in/50 deck gun
- 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Sister ships
- HMS P222
- HMS P551
- HMS Sabre (H18)
- HMS Safari
- HMS Saga
- HMS Sahib
- HMS Saladin
- HMS Salmon (N65)
- HMS Saracen (P247)
- HMS Sardonyx
- HMS Satyr (P214)
- HMS Saumarez (G12)
- HMS Sceptre (P215)
- HMS Scorcher
- HMS Scorpion (G72)
- HMS Scotsman (P243)
- HMS Scourge (G01)
- HMS Scout (1918)
- HMS Scythian
- HMS Sea Devil
- HMS Sea Nymph (P223)
- HMS Sea Rover
- HMS Sea Scout
- HMS Seadog
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS S-29 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy photograph — https://www.navsource.net/archives/08/08134.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons