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

USS S-42

S-class submarine

USS S-42
U.S. Navy photograph — https://www.navsource.net/archives/08/08153.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate United States Navy submarine at Pear Harbor , Hawaii , with aircraft carrier in the background.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS S-4220 November 1924 — 25 October 19452,193 days of the war
S-class submarine Particulars
Name
USS S-42
Builder
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down
16 December 1920
Launched
30 April 1923
Commissioned
20 November 1924
Decommissioned
25 October 1945
Struck
13 November 1945
Fate
Sold for scrapping November 1946 (1946)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
850 long tons (864 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,126 long tons (1,144 t)
Length
68.58 m (225 ft)
Beam
6.1 m (20 ft)
Draught
4.88 m (16 ft)
Speed
14.5 knots (26.9 km/h, 16.7 mph)
Complement
42
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

USS S-42 was a S-class submarine, operated by the United States Navy. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts laid her keel on 16 December 1920. Launched on 30 April 1923, she entered service on 20 November 1924.

She was one of 111 ships of her class.

The boat displaced 850 long tons surfaced and 1,126 long tons submerged. She measured 68.6 m (225 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 was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 25 October 1945. She was struck from the register on 13 November 1945.

She was broken up for scrap in November 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-42 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy photograph — https://www.navsource.net/archives/08/08153.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons