
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
SS-143 USS S-38
- S-1 type Submarine:
- Displacement: 800 tons surfaced, 1,062 tons submerged
- Length: 219'3"
- Beam: 20'6"
- Draft: 15'1"
- Speed: 14.5 knots surfaced, 11 knots submerged
- Armament: 1 4"/50, 4 bow torpedo tubes, 12 21" torpedoes
- Complement: 50
- Diesel engines, 1200 h.p. surfaced/electric motors, 1500 h.p. submerged
- Built at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, and commissioned 11 May 1923
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Last updated:
29 February 2008