USS S-1

	S-1
History
United States
Name	USS S-1
Builder	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	11 December 1917
Launched	26 October 1918
Sponsored by	Mrs. Emory S. Land
Commissioned	5 June 1920
Decommissioned	20 October 1937
Commissioned	16 October 1940
Decommissioned	20 April 1942
Stricken	24 June 1942
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Navy, 20 April 1942, sold, 14 September 1945
United Kingdom
Name	HMS P552'
Acquired	20 April 1942
Fate	Suffered a collision in Durban harbor and declared unseaworthy, January 1944, nominally returned to the United States and sold for scrap locally
General characteristics
Type	S-class direct-drive diesel-electric submarine, S-1 type
Displacement	854 long tons (868 t) (surfaced, standard); 1,062 long tons (1,079 t) (submerged);
Length	219 ft 3 in (66.83 m)
Beam	20 ft 8 in (6.30 m)
Draft	15 ft 11 in (4.85 m)
Installed power	1,200 hp (890 kW) (diesel engines); 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) (electric motors);
Propulsion	2 × NELSECO 8-cylinder 4-stroke direct-drive diesel engines ; 120-cell battery; 2 × E.D. electric motors; 2 × shafts;
Speed	14.5 kn (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h) surfaced, 11 kn (13 mph; 20 km/h) submerged
Endurance	20 hours @ 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h)
Test depth	200 ft (61 m)
Complement	4 officers, 34 enlisted
Armament	4 × bow 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes); 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 cal disappearing deck gun;

USS S-1 (SS-105) was the lead boat of the S class of submarines of the United States Navy.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 266–267. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
^ Chalcraft, Geoff. "British Submarines of World War II". Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 258
^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 124. Note that "disappearing" means that the gun can be retracted into the deck to reduce drag and increase underwater speed.

History
S-1
United States
Name	USS S-1
Builder	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts^[1]
Laid down	11 December 1917^[1]
Launched	26 October 1918^[1]
Sponsored by	Mrs. Emory S. Land
Commissioned	5 June 1920^[1]
Decommissioned	20 October 1937^[1]
Commissioned	16 October 1940^[1]
Decommissioned	20 April 1942^[1]
Stricken	24 June 1942^[2]
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Navy, 20 April 1942, sold, 14 September 1945^[1]
United Kingdom
Name	HMS P552'^[1]
Acquired	20 April 1942^[1]
Fate	Suffered a collision in Durban harbor and declared unseaworthy, January 1944, nominally returned to the United States and sold for scrap locally^[3]
General characteristics
Type	S-class direct-drive diesel-electric submarine, S-1 type^[2]
Displacement	854 long tons (868 t) (surfaced, standard) ^[4] 1,062 long tons (1,079 t) (submerged)^[4]
Length	219 ft 3 in (66.83 m)^[4]
Beam	20 ft 8 in (6.30 m)^[4]
Draft	15 ft 11 in (4.85 m)^[4]
Installed power	1,200 hp (890 kW) (diesel engines) 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion	2 × NELSECO 8-cylinder 4-stroke direct-drive diesel engines^[4]^[5] 120-cell battery^[4] 2 × E.D. electric motors^[2]^[4] 2 × shafts
Speed	14.5 kn (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h) surfaced,^[4] 11 kn (13 mph; 20 km/h) submerged^[4]
Endurance	20 hours @ 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h)^[4]
Test depth	200 ft (61 m)^[4]
Complement	4 officers, 34 enlisted^[4]
Armament	4 × bow 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes) ^[4] 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 cal disappearing deck gun^[6]