USS S-21
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USS S-21 (SS-126) was a first-group (S-1 or "Holland") S-class submarine of the United States Navy in commission from 1921 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1942. In 1928, she made the first gravimetric measurements ever made aboard a U.S. ship at sea. Prior to World War II, she operated in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Pacific Ocean, and after the United States entered the war, she operated off Panama. She then served in the Royal Navy as HMS P.553 from 1942 to 1944.
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Name | USS S-21 |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 19 December 1918 |
Launched | 18 August 1920 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Thomas Baxter |
Commissioned | 24 August 1921 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1922 |
Recommissioned | 14 September 1923 |
Decommissioned | 14 September 1942 |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS P.553 |
Acquired | 14 September 1942 |
Fate | Returned to the U.S. Navy 11 July 1944 |
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Class and type | S-class submarine |
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Length | 219 ft 3 in (66.83 m) |
Beam | 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 11 in (4.85 m) |
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Complement | 42 officers and men |
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