S-18
Country | United States |
Ship Class | S-class Submarine |
Hull Number | SS-123 |
Builder | Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard |
Laid Down | 15 Aug 1918 |
Launched | 29 Apr 1920 |
Commissioned | 3 Apr 1924 |
Decommissioned | 29 Oct 1945 |
Displacement | 854 tons standard; 1,062 tons submerged |
Length | 219 feet |
Beam | 21 feet |
Draft | 16 feet |
Machinery | Diesel-electric engines |
Bunkerage | 41,921 gal |
Power Output | 1,200 shaft horsepower |
Speed | 14 knots |
Crew | 38 |
Armament | 4x21" torpedo tubes with 12 torpedoes, 1x4" deck gun |
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S-18 Operational Timeline
3 Apr 1924 | S-18 was commissioned into service. |
29 Oct 1945 | S-18 was decommissioned from service. |
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