USS S-42
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USS S-42 (SS-153) was the first member in the third group of S-class submarines of the United States Navy.
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USS S-42 at San Diego, California, with aircraft carrier USS Langley in the background, sometime between 1924 and 1936. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS S-42 |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 16 December 1920 |
Launched | 30 April 1923 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Henry A. Hutchins, Jr. |
Commissioned | 20 November 1924 |
Decommissioned | 25 October 1945 |
Stricken | 13 November 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping November 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | S-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 225 ft 3 in (68.66 m) |
Beam | 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) |
Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
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Complement | 42 officers and men |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Operations: | World War II |
Awards: | 1 battle star |
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