


S-45
Country | United States |
Ship Class | S-class Submarine |
Builder | Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard |
Laid Down | 29 Dec 1920 |
Launched | 26 Jun 1923 |
Commissioned | 31 Mar 1925 |
Decommissioned | 30 Oct 1945 |
Displacement | 903 tons standard; 1,126 tons submerged |
Length | 225 feet |
Beam | 21 feet |
Draft | 13 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-45 Operational Timeline
31 Mar 1925 | S-45 was commissioned into service. |
30 Oct 1945 | S-45 was decommissioned from service. |
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