USS S-48
U.S. Navy S-class submarine (1921–1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS S-48 (SS-159) was the first submarine in the fourth group of S-class submarines of the United States Navy.
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United States | |
Name | USS S-48 |
Builder |
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Laid down | 22 October 1920 |
Launched | 26 February 1921 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. James O. Germaine |
Commissioned | 14 October 1922 |
Decommissioned | 7 July 1925 |
Recommissioned | 8 December 1928 |
Decommissioned | 16 September 1935 |
Recommissioned | 10 December 1940 |
Decommissioned | 29 August 1945 |
Stricken | 17 September 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 22 January 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | S-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 240 ft (73 m) |
Beam | 21 ft 10 in (6.65 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Speed |
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Complement | 38 officers and men |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Operations: | World War II |
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S-48 was one of only five submarines — along with USS S-14 (SS-119), USS S-15 (SS-120), USS S-16 (SS-121). and USS S-17 (SS-122) — built by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company to see service in World War II. She was the second-to-last of them to be decommissioned.