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History of the United States submarines
of World War Two. US Submarines listed by name, launch date and submarine
fate. We also have old photographs of the first submarines produced
by America.
Thanks
to Ric Hedman for giving us the up to date information on submarines
SS224, 228, 236, 245,246, 287, 297, 298, 319, 310, 345, 396 & 394. |
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The Stern of USS Holland in 1901 showing the propeller and steering
gear. |
The Holland as she would be seen when observing enemy ships. |
American submarines during construction at Elizabeth Port c.1901. |
A United States Submarine, 1915. |
Unknown US Submarine circa 1916
If you know what this first battleship is please let us know.
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S4 Experimental SubmarineFrom The
Romance of A Submarine (c1930) by G Gibbard Jackson |
US Submarine V4From The Romance
of A Submarine (c1930) by G Gibbard Jackson |
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USS Fulton with USS Skipjack, USS Sailfish and USS
Nautilus alongside, and USS Tusk, USS Halfbreak and USS Entemedore astern.
Original Postcard. Publisher
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| Submarine Name |
Launch Date |
Fate |
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| Holland |
17th
May 1897 |
Stricken 21st
November 1910, Broken up June 1913 |
|
A Class |
|
USS Plunger and USS Shark |
USS Porpoise and USS Shark, 1908. Sent
in by John Hodgett. |
| Plunger (A1) |
1st
February 1902 |
Stricken 24th
February 1913, used as target and finally sold, 1922 |
|
USS Plunger. Contributed by
email. |
USS PlungerFrom The
Romance of A Submarine by G Gibbard Jackson |
| Adder (A2) |
22nd
July 1901 |
Used as target
1920. Stricken 16th January 1922 |
| Grampus (A3) |
31st
July 1902 |
Used as target,
Stricken 16th January 1922 |
| Moccasin (A4) |
20th
August 1901 |
Used as target,
Stricken 16th January 1922 |
| Pike (A5) |
14th
January 1903 |
Used as target,
Stricken 16th January 1922 |
| Porpoise (A6) |
23rd
September 1901 |
Used as target,
Stricken 16th January 1922 |
| Shark (A7) |
19th
October 1901 |
Used as target,
Stricken 16th January 1922 |
|
B Class |
| Viper (B1) |
30th
March 1907 |
Stricken 1922,
target |
|
Launch of the USS ViperFrom
The Romance of A Submarine (1919) by G Gibbard Jackson |
| Cuttlefish (B2) |
1st
September 1906 |
Stricken 1922,
target |
| Tarantula (B3) |
30th
March 1907 |
Stricken 1922,
target |
|
Tarantula (B3)From The
Romance of A Submarine (1919) by G Gibbard Jackson |
The Launch of Tarantula. From
The Romance of A Submarine (1919) by G Gibbard Jackson |
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C Class |
|
US Subs of the C Class in Panama Canal. Sent in by John Hodgett. |
| Octopus (C1) |
4th
October 1906 |
Stricken 1920 |
|
Octopus (C1) with a Battleship in the background |
OctopusFrom The
Romance of A Submarine by (1919) G Gibbard Jackson |
| Stingray (C2) |
8th
April 1909 |
Stricken 1920 |
| Tarpon (C3) |
8th
April 1909 |
Stricken 1920 |
| Bonita (C4) |
17th
June 1909 |
Stricken 1920 |
| Snapper (C5) |
16th
June 1909 |
Stricken 1920 |
|
Snapper (C5) |
|
D Class |
| Narwhal (D1) |
8th
April 1909 |
Stricken 1922 |
| Grayling (D2) |
16th
June 1909 |
Stricken 1922 |
| Salmon (D3) |
12th
March 1910 |
Stricken 1922 |
|
E Class |
| Skipjack (E1) |
27th
May 1911 |
Stricken 1922 |
| Sturgeon (E2) |
15th
June 1911 |
Stricken 1922 |
|
F Class |
|
F Class Submarines Skate, Carp and Barracuda |
| Carp (F1) |
6th
September 1911 |
Collision 17th
December 1917 |
| Barracuda (F2) |
19th
March 1912 |
Stricken 1922 |
| Pickerel (F3) |
6th
January 1912 |
Stricken 1922 |
| Skate |
6th
January 1912 |
Foundered 25th
March 1915 |
|
G Class |
| Seal (G1) |
8th
February 1911 |
Sunk 21st June
1921 |
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USS SealFrom The
Romance of A Submarine (c1930) by G Gibbard Jackson |
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USS SealFrom The
Romance of A Submarine (c1930) by G Gibbard Jackson |
| Thresher (G2) |
15th
August 1912 |
Stricken 1920 |
| Tuna (G3) |
10th
January 1912 |
Foundered 30th
July 1919 |
| Turbot (G4) |
27th
December 1913 |
Stricken 1922 |
|
H Class |
| Seawolf (H1) |
6th
May 1913 |
Sunk 12th March
1920 |
| Nautilus (H2) |
4th
June 1913 |
Broken up 1931 |
| Garfish (H3) |
3rd
July 1913 |
Stricken 1922 |
| H4 |
9th
October 1918 |
Broken up 1931 |
| H5 |
24th
September 1918 |
Broken up 1931 |
| H6 |
26th
August 1918 |
Broken up 1931 |
| H7 |
17th
October 1918 |
Broken up 1931 |
| H8 |
14th
November 1918 |
Broken up 1931 |
| H9 |
23rd
November 1918 |
Broken up 1931 |
|
K Class |
| Haddock (K1) |
3rd
September 1913 |
Broken up 1931 |
| Cachalot (K2) |
4th
October 1913 |
Broken up 1931 |
| Orca (K3) |
14th
March 1914 |
Broken up 1931 |
| Walrus (K4) |
19th
March 1914 |
Broken up 1931 |
| K5 |
17th
March 1914 |
Broken up 1931 |
| K6 |
26th
March 1914 |
Broken up 1931 |
| K7 |
20th
June 1914 |
Broken up 1931 |
| K8 |
11th
July 1914 |
Broken up 1931 |
|
L Class |
| L1 |
20th
January 1915 |
Stricken 1922 |
| L2 |
11th
February 1915 |
Broken up 1932 |
| L3 |
15th
March 1915 |
Broken up 1932 |
| L4 |
3rd
April 1915 |
Stricken 1922 |
| L5 |
1st
May 1916 |
Sold 1925 |
| L6 |
31st
August 1916 |
Sold 1925 |
| L7 |
28th
September 1916 |
Sold 1925 |
| L8 |
23rd
April 1917 |
Sold 1925 |
| L9 |
27th
October 1915 |
Broken up 1932 |
| L10 |
16th
March 1916 |
Stricken 1930 |
| L11 |
16th
May 1916 |
Broken up 1932 |
|
M Class |
| M1 |
14th
September 1915 |
Stricken 1922 |
|
AA (T)
Class |
| Schley (T1) |
25th
July 1918 |
(SF1) Broken up
1930 |
| AA2 (T2) |
6th
September 1919 |
Ex SF2, Broken up
1930 |
| AA3 (T3) |
24th
May 1919 |
Ex SF3, Broken up
1930 |
|
N Class |
| N1 |
30th
December 1916 |
Broken up 1931 |
| N2 |
16th
January 1917 |
Broken up 1931 |
| N3 |
21st
February 1917 |
Broken up 1931 |
| N4 |
27th
November 1916 |
Stricken 1922 |
| N5 |
22nd
March 1917 |
Stricken 1922 |
| N6 |
21st
April 1917 |
Stricken 1922 |
| N7 |
19th
May 1917 |
Stricken 1922 |
|
O Class |
| O1 |
9th
July 1918 |
Stricken 1938 |
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O Class Submarine O1 in New York Dry Dock
c.1918. Sent in by Carl Proctor. |
| O2
(SS 63) |
24th May 1918 |
She was sold to North American Smelting for scrapping on
16th November 1945. |
| O3 (SS 64) |
29th September 1917 |
Sold to John J. Duane Company in and scrapped on 4th
September 1946. |
| O4 (SS 65) |
20th October 1917 |
Scrapped and sold to John J. Duane's on 2nd January 1946. |
| O5 (SS 66) |
11th
November 1917 |
Sunk 28th October
1923 |
| O6 (SS 67) |
25th November 1917 |
Scrapped and sold to John J. Duane's on 4th September 1946. |
| O7 (SS 68) |
16th December 1917 |
Scrapped and sold to by North American Smelting, 22nd
January 1946. |
| O8
(SS 69) |
31st December 1917 |
Sold to John J. Duane's for scrapping on 4th September 1946. |
| O9
(SS 70) |
27th January 1918 |
Lost off the Isle of Shoals on 20th June 1941. |
| O10 (SS 71) |
21st February 1918 |
Sold for scrapping to John J. Duane's 21st August 1946. |
| O11
(SS 72) |
29th
October 1917 |
Broken up 1930 |
| O12
(SS 73) |
29th
September 1917 |
Sold 1930, Broken
up in Norway 1931 |
| O13
(SS 74) |
27th
December 1917 |
Broken up 1930 |
| O14
(SS 75) |
6th
May 1918 |
Broken up 1930 |
| O15
(SS 76) |
12th
February 1918 |
Broken up 1930 |
| O16
(SS 77) |
9th
February 1918 |
Broken up 1930 |
|
R Class |
| R1
(SS 78) |
24th August 1918 |
Sold for scrapping to Macy O. Scott on 13th March 1946. |
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R1, Circa 1942
Order Code R1
One copy only of original 1940's
printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15.
Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky
and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post
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| R2
(SS 79) |
23rd September 1918 |
Initially sold to Rosoff Bros in New York, 28th October 1945
and then resold for scrapping to Northern Metals of Philadelphia.. |
| R3
(SS 80) |
18th January 1919 |
Served as Royal Navy submarine in 1941 and returned to the
US Navy 20th December 1944. Written off after breaking loose at Kames Bay
on 27th November 1947 she was sold to West of Scotland Sbkg. and scrapped
in December 1947. |
| R4
(SS 81) |
26th October 1918 |
Sold for scrapping to North American Smelting 22nd January
1946. |
| R5
(SS.82) |
24th November 1918 |
Scrapped at John J. Duane's on 22nd August 1946. |
| R6
(SS.83) |
1st March 1919 |
Scrapped by Macy O Scott on 13th March 1946. |
| R7
(SS.84) |
5th April 1919 |
Sold for scrap to John J Duane Co. on 22nd August 1946. |
| R8
(SS.85) |
17th
April 1919 |
Scuttled 1936 |
| R9
(SS.86) |
24th May 1919 |
Sold for scrap to John J. Duane on 1st February 1946. |
| R10
(SS.87) |
28th June 1919 |
Sold for scrapping to North American Smelting on 22nd
January 1946. |
| R11
(SS.88) |
21st July 1919 |
Sold to Macy O Scott for scrap on 13th March 1946. |
| R12
(SS.89) |
15th August 1919 |
Lost off the coast of Key West, Florida on 12th June 1943. |
| R13
(SS.90) |
27th August 1919 |
Sold for scrap to Macy O Scott on 13th March 1946. |
| R14
(SS.91) |
10th October 1919 |
Sold to Rosoff Bros 28th October 1948 and then resold for
scrapping to Northern Metals. |
| R15
(SS.92) |
10th December 1917 |
Sold for scrapping to Macy O Scott on 13th March 1946 |
| R16
(SS.93) |
15th December 1917 |
Sold for scrap on 22nd January 1946 to North American
Smelting. |
| R17
(SS.94) |
24th December 1917 |
Used by the Royal Navy in 1942 she was returned to the US
Navy in 1944 and sold to North American Smelting for scrap on 16th
November 1945. |
| R18
(SS.95) |
8th January 1918 |
Scrapped and sold to John J Duane on 4th September 1946. |
| R19
(SS.96) |
28th January 1918 |
Served with the Royal Navy in 1942 and was lost in a
collision with the R.C.N minesweeper Georgian while in the North Atlantic
on 21st June 1942. |
| R20
(SS.97) |
21st January 1918 |
Sold for scrapping to Macy O Scott on 13th March 1946. |
| R21
(SS.98) |
10th
July 1918 |
Broken up 1930 |
| R22
(SS.99) |
23rd
September 1918 |
Broken up 1930 |
| R23
(SS.100) |
5th
November 1918 |
Broken up 1930 |
| R24
(SS.101) |
21s
August 1918 |
Broken up 1930 |
| R25
(SS.102) |
15th
May 1919 |
Broken up 1930 |
| R26
(SS.103) |
18th
June 1919 |
Broken up 1930 |
| R27
(SS.104) |
23rd
September 1918 |
Broken up 1930 |
|
S Class
(Electric Boat Type) |
| S1
(SS.105) |
26th October 1918 |
Fitted with
experimental sea plane in 1923. Served with the Royal Navy as P552 in 1942
and was then sold for scrap to Durban on 30th July 1945. |
| S2
(SS.106) |
built
by Lake |
unsuccessful
trial |
| S18
(SS.123) |
29th April 1920 |
Scrapped 9th November 1946. |
| S19
(SS.124) |
21st
June 1920 |
Stricken 1936,
refitted 1940 -1941 |
| S20
(SS.125) |
9th June 1920 |
Sold for scrapping to North American Smelting
on 22nd January 1946 |
| S21
(SS.126) |
18th August 1920 |
Served in the Royal Navy in 1942 as P553.
Scuttled on 20th March 1945. |
| S22
(SS.127) |
15th July 1920 |
Served as P554 in the Royal Navy in 1942.
Sold for scrapping to North American Smelting 16th November 1945. |
| S23
(SS.128) |
27th October 1920 |
Sold for scrapping on 9th November 1946. |
| S24
(SS.129) |
27th June 1922 |
Used by the Royal Navy in 1942 as P555 and
then scuttled off Portland 25th August 1947. |
| S25
(SS130) |
29th May 1922 |
Served as P551 in the Royal Navy in 1941 and
later in 1942 under the Polish Navy as Jastrzab. Accidentally sunk off
Norway by depth charges from Royal Navy destroyer St Albans and
minesweeper Seagull 2nd May 1942. |
| S26
(SS131) |
22nd August 1922 |
Destroyed in a collision with sub-chaser
PC460 in the Gulf of Panama on 24th January 1942. |
| S27
(SS132) |
18th October 1922 |
Destroyed on Amchitka Island 19th June 1942. |
| S28
(SS133) |
20th September 1922 |
Lost off Pearl Harbour on 4th July 1944. |
| S29
(SS134) |
9th November 1922 |
Served as P556 in the Royal Navy in 1942. She
became stranded in Portchester in January 1947 and was subsequently sold
to HG Pounds on 24th January 1947 and later scrapped in 1965. |
| S30
(SS135) |
21st November 1918 |
Sold for scrapping to Salco Iron and Metal on
5th December 1946. |
| S31
(SS136) |
28th December 1918 |
Sold for scrap to Salco Iron and Metal 6th
December 1946. |
| S32
(SS137) |
11th January 1919 |
Sold for scrapping to Learner Co. 19th April
1946. |
| S33
(SS138) |
5th December 1918 |
Sold for scrap to Salco Iron and Metal 5th
December 1946. |
| S34
(SS139) |
13th February 1919 |
Sold for scrap to Salco Iron and Metal on
23rd November 1946. |
| S35
(SS140) |
27th February 1919 |
Used as a target ship 4th April 1946. |
| S36
(SS141) |
3rd June 1919 |
Ran aground off Taka Bakang Reef on 20th
January 1942 and was scuttled the next day. |
| S37
(SS142) |
20th June 1919 |
Scuttled off the coast of San Diego on 20th
February 1945. |
| S38
(SS143) |
17th June 1919 |
Scuttled off the coast of San Diego on 20th
February 1945 |
| S39
(SS144) |
2nd July 1919 |
Wrecked off Rossel Island on 13th August
1942. |
| S40
(SS145) |
5th January 1921 |
Sold for scrap to Salco Iron & Metal on
19th November 1946. |
| S41
(SS146) |
21st February 1921 |
Sold for scrap to National Metal & Steel
on 15th November 1946. |
|
S Class
(Lake Type) |
| S2
(SS106) |
15th
February 1919 |
Broken up 1931 |
|
S Class
(Navy Yard Type) |
| S3
(SS107) |
21st
December 1918 |
Broken up 1937 |
| S4
(SS108) |
27th
August 1919 |
Sunk 12th July
1927 |
| S5
(SS109) |
10th
November 1919 |
Foundered 1st
September 1920 |
| S6
(SS110) |
23rd
December 1919 |
Broken up 1937 |
| S7
(SS111) |
5th
February 1920 |
Broken up 1937 |
| S8
(SS112) |
21st
April 1920 |
Broken up 1937 |
| S9
(SS113) |
17th
June 1920 |
Broken up
1937 |
| S10
(SS114) |
9th
December 1920 |
Broken up 1936 |
| S11
(SS116) |
7th February 1921 |
Sold for scrapping 28th October 1945
initially to Rosoff Bros and then to Northern Metals. |
| S12
(SS117) |
4th August 1921 |
Sold to Rosoff and then Northern Metals 28th
October 1945. |
| S13
(SS118) |
20th October 1921 |
Sold to Rosoff, then Northern Metals on 28th
October 1945. |
| S14
(SS119) |
22nd October 1919 |
Sold for scrapping to North American Smelting
on 16th November 1945. |
| S15
(SS120) |
8th March 1920 |
Scrapped and sold to Potomac Shwg. Co. on
16th November 1945. |
| S16
(SS121) |
23rd December 1919 |
Used as a target and sunk in Key West on 3rd
April 1945. |
| S17
(SS122) |
22nd May 1920 |
Used as a target and sunk in Key West on 5th
April 1945. |
|
S Class
(Second Group) |
|
S42 and S44 Submitted by Janice
Weatherford |
| S42
(SS153) |
30th April 1923 |
Sold to Salco Iron & Metal for scrapping
on 23rd November 1946. |
| S43
(SS154) |
31st March 1923 |
Sold to Salco Iron & Metal for scrapping
7th December 1946 |
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S43, Circa 1935
Order Code S43
One copy only of original 1940's
printed photo plate, 10" x 8" available, price £15.
Please note image shown has been cropped for website purpose and more sky
and sea and text is shown on the photo plate. Please add post
of £3 post for UK £10 overseas, recorded airmail order photograph
here |
S43, 1938.
A
large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced
from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright
holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price
£25. Order photograph here Order Code
XMP5146
Original
republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here
to order. Order Code MP5164 |
| S44
(SS15) |
27th October 1923 |
Sunk by gunfire from a Japanese destroyer off
the Kamchatka Peninsula on 7th October 1943. |
| S45
(SS156) |
26th June 1923 |
Sold for scrapping to Salco Iron and Metal
6th December 1946. |
|
S45 submarine |
S45 at Guantanamo Bay |
|
S45From The
Romance of A Submarine (c1930) by G Gibbard Jackson |
| S46
(SS157) |
11th September 1923 |
Sold for scrapping to Salco Iron and Metal on
19th November 1946. |
| S47
(SS158) |
5th January 1924 |
Sold for scrap to Salco Iron and Metal on
22nd November 1946. |
|
S Class
(Second Lake Type) |
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