USS S-18
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USS S-18 (SS-123) was a first-group (S-1 or "Holland") S-class submarine of the United States Navy in commission from 1924 to 1945. She served during World War II, seeing duty primarily in the Aleutian Islands campaign.
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USS S-18 taking a towline off Taboga Island in the Bay of Panama in the 1920s. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts[1] |
Laid down | 15 August 1918[1] |
Launched | 29 April 1920[1] |
Sponsored by | Miss Virginia Bell Johnson |
Commissioned | 3 April 1924[1] |
Decommissioned | 29 October 1945[1] |
Stricken | 13 November 1945[1] |
Honors and awards | 1 battle star |
Fate | Sold for scrap 9 November 1946[1] |
General characteristics | |
Type | S-class direct-drive diesel and electric submarine, S-1 type[2] |
Displacement | 930 tons (945 t) surfaced, standard,[3] 1,094 tons (1,112 t) submerged[3] |
Length | 219 ft 3 in (66.83 m)[3] |
Beam | 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m)[3] |
Draft | 17 ft 3 in (5.26 m)[3] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | |
Range | 3,420 nautical miles (6,330 km) @ 6.5 knots (12 km/h),[3] 8,950 nautical miles (16,580 km) @ 9.5 knots (18 km/h) with fuel in main ballast tanks[3] |
Endurance | 20 hours @ 5 knots (9 km/h)[3] |
Test depth | 200 ft (60 m)[3] |
Complement | 4 officers, 39 enlisted (1939)[3] |
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