


S-37
Country | United States |
Ship Class | S-class Submarine |
Hull Number | SS-142 |
Builder Name | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA |
Laid Down | 12 Dec 1918 |
Launched | 20 Jun 1919 |
Commissioned | 16 Jul 1923 |
Decommissioned | 6 Feb 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 SHP |
Speed | 14 knots |
Crew | 38 |
Armament | 4x21" torpedo tubes with 12 torpedoes, 1x4" deck gun |
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S-37 Operational Timeline
16 Jul 1923 | S-37 was commissioned into service. |
8 Jul 1942 | USS S-37 sank Japanese transport Tenzan Maru 20 miles northwest of Rabaul, New Britain. |
6 Feb 1945 | S-37 was decommissioned from service. |
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