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

USS S-44

S-class submarine

USS S-44
Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate US Navy file photo

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS S-4416 February 1925 — 7 October 19431,497 days of the war
S-class submarine Particulars
Name
USS S-44
Builder
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down
19 February 1921
Launched
27 October 1923
Commissioned
16 February 1925
Fate
Sunk by the Japanese escort Ishigaki, 7 October 1943 (1943)
Status
Wreck

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-44 was a S-class submarine, operated by the United States Navy. Her keel was laid at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts on 19 February 1921. Launched on 27 October 1923, she entered service on 16 February 1925.

Her class ran to 111 ships.

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 1,497 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 7 October 1943. 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
  • 1200 hp NLSE diesels
  • 1500 hp Electro Dynamic electric motors (two shafts)
Armament
  • 1 × 4 in/50 deck gun
  • 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (bow, 12 Mark 10 torpedoes)

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS S-44 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons