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

USS S-33

S-class submarine

USS S-33
Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS S-3318 April 1922 — 23 October 19452,193 days of the war
S-class submarine Particulars
Name
USS S-33
Builder
Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Laid down
14 June 1918
Launched
5 December 1918
Commissioned
18 April 1922
Decommissioned
15 June 1922
Recommissioned
21 December 1922
Struck
1 November 1945
Fate
Sold for scrap 1946 (1946)
Status
Scrapped

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
38
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

USS S-33 was a S-class submarine, operated by the United States Navy. Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California laid her keel on 14 June 1918. Launched on 5 December 1918, she entered service on 18 April 1922.

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 38.

Her main battery was one 102 mm (4 in) guns.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 June 1922. She recommissioned on 21 December 1922. She was struck from the register on 1 November 1945.

She was broken up for scrap in 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

86 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS S-33 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons