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S-5 (SS-110)

S-4 Class Submarine (Government-type): Laid down, 4 December 1917, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 10 November 1919; Commissioned, USS S-5, 6 March 1920; Redesignated USS S-5 (SS-110), 15 July 1920; Sunk by accidental intake of water through the Main Induction Value, 1 September 1920: Sturck from the Naval Register in 1921.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 876 t., Submerged: 1092 t..; Length 231' ; Beam 21' 10"; Draft 13' 1"; Speed, surfaced 15 kts, submerged 11 kts; Depth Limit 200'; Complement 4 Officers, 34 Enlisted; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes, 12 torpedoes, one 4"/50 deck gun; Propulsion, diesel electric engines, New London Ship and Engine Co. diesel engines, 2,000 hp, Fuel Capacity, 36,950 gal.; Westinghouse Electric Co., electric motors, 1,200 hp, Battery Cells, 120, twin propellers.
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S-5 119k Keel laying of the S-5 (SS-110) at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 4 December 1917. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 46542.
S-5 120k S-5 (SS-110), being prepared for launching from a covered building way at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 10 November 1919. Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the U.S. Navy. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 102805.
S-5 165k S-5 (SS-110), being launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 10 November 1919.
 Courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org
S-5 37k S-5 (SS-110) afloat immediately after launching, at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 10 November 1919. Collection of the Society of Sponsors of the U.S. Navy. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 102806.
S-5 50k S-5 (SS-110) taken in 1919, probably off the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard. USNI photo.
S-5 48k Stern of the S-5 (SS-110) showing above the water, a few days after she accidentally sank off Delaware Bay on 1 September 1920. Photographed from McDougal (DD-54), which took some of S-5's crew back to New York. Donation of Ensign E.N. Cohen, USNR, 1964. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 41810.
S-5 53k Stern of the S-5 (SS-110) showing above the water on 2 September 1920, the day after she accidentally sank off Delaware Bay. The steamship Alanthus is standing by. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 57595.
S-5 58k Steamship Alanthus standing by the S-5's (SS-110) stern on 2 September 1920, the day after she accidentally sank off Delaware Bay. Photographed from McDougal (DD-54). Donation of Ensign E.N. Cohen, USNR, 1964. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 57596.
S-5 69k Navy tug alongside the partially sunken S-5's (SS-110) stern, while initial salvage operations were underway, in early September 1920. The battleship Ohio (BB-12), which attempted to tow S-5 into shallower water, is in the background. Donation of Ellis J. Altman, 1938. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 41808.
S-5 27k Commemorative photo in memory of the S-5 (SS-110).
Photo courtesy of Tom Kermen.
S-5 56k The S-5 (SS-110) as it appeared in the first sighting from the NOAA Ship Whiting. Courtesy of oceanexplorer.noaa.gov.
S-5 123k Wreck of the S-5 (SS-110), 40 miles off the Deleware coast. Imaged July 2001.
Special Thanks to the Crew of the NOAA Ship Whiting, courtesy of 3klein.com.
SS 110 108k Memorial marker honoring the F-1 (SS-20), F-4 (SS-23), H-1 (SS-28), S-5 (SS-110), O-5 (SS-66), S-51 (SS-162), S-4 (SS-109), & Squalus (SS-192). Photo courtesy of Larry Backus from the Idaho submarine veterans of WW II & submitted by Fred Willshaw. Photo added 12/29/07.
View the S-5 (SS-110)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Welcome to the S Boats Gallant Ladies of the Past
Through the Looking Glass A Historic Look at Submarines
The Search for the S-5
Under Pressure: The Final Voyage of Submarine S-5, by A. J. Hill

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