S-Class

The USS S-37 (SS-142) was laid down on 12 December 1918 by the Union Iron Works Division of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation…a subcontractor of the Electric Boat Company of New York City, New York…at San Francisco, California. The submarine was sponsored by Miss Mildred Bulger and dispatched on 20 June 1919. The S-pontoon was dispatched on … Read more

SS-41, S-36 submarine was at sea off Luzon at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and commenced her first war patrol at the outbreak of hostilities. Returning to Mariveles, she was off again after repairs and resupply, by the end of December. On New Year’s Day, 1942, S-36 found a 5,000 ton Japanese … Read more

The USS S-35 (SS-140) was laid down on 14 June 1918 by the Union Iron Works Division of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation…a subcontractor of the Electric Boat Company of New York City, New York…at San Francisco, California. The submarine was sponsored by Miss Louise C. Bailey and propelled on 27 February 1919. The S-watercraft was … Read more

The USS S-34 (SS-139) was laid down on 28 May 1918 by the Union Iron Works Division of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation…a subcontractor of the Electric Boat Company of New York City, New York…at San Francisco, California. The submarine was commissioned by Miss Florence Hellman and dispatched on 13 February 1919. The S-watercraft was authorized on … Read more

The keel of USS S-33 (SS-138) was laid down on 14 June 1918 by the Union Iron Works Division of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation…a subcontractor of the Electric Boat Company of New York City, New York…at San Francisco, California. The submarine was christened by Mrs. Thomas M. Searles and launched on 5 December 1918. The … Read more