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S-6 (SS-111)

S-4 Class Submarine (Government-type): Laid down, 29 January 1918, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 23 December 1919; Commissioned, USS S-6, 17 May 1920; Redesignated USS S-6 (SS-111), 15 July 1920; Decommissioned, 10 April 1931, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, 25 January 1937; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 January 1937.

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-6 109k Keel-laying party for the S-6 (SS-111) at the the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 29 January 1918. Note riveting hammers held by the three officers (one a Marine), rivet tongs held by the man at left, and Navy bugler at right.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 46545.
SS 109103k The Submarine Tender Holland (AS-3) in port, with several S-boats type submarines alongside, circa 1926. Note the Submarine Division Eleven insignia on the fairwaters of the two inboard subs. Submarines present are (from inboard to outboard):
unidentified;
S-25 (SS-130):
S-7 (SS-112):
S-4's (SS-109):
S-6 (SS-111) &
S-8 (SS-113).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 53436.
S-6 50k S-6 (SS-111) underway in a harbor, circa the 1920s.
 U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 63106.
S-6 52k S-6 (SS-111) alongside "Flat-Iron Pier" at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, circa 1920.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 78189. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), 1973.
S-6 82k Huntington (CA-5) alongside "Flat-Iron Pier" at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, circa 1920. The ship on her other side is Rappahannock (AF-6). Several submarines are in the photo's center, among them S-6 (SS-111).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 78187. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(MSC), 1973.
S-6 77k S-6 (SS-111) and S-9 (SS-114) at the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands, circa 1921-1924.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 103258. Collection of Chief Engineman Virgil Breland, USN. Donated by Mrs. E.H. Breland, 1979.
S-6 65k Crewmen on an S-boat looking at S-6 (SS-111), which is alongside with what appears to be damage to her upperworks. Probably photographed in the Far East, circa 1921-1924. Note the watertight breech of the foreground submarine's 4"/50 deck gun, at right.
 U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 103257. Collection of Chief Engineman Virgil Breland, USN. Donated by Mrs. E.H. Breland, 1979.
S-6 82k S-6 (SS-111) off the Cavite Navy Yard, circa 1922-1924.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 103251. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Waldo B. McLeod, USN.
S-6 & 8 80k The S-6 (SS-111) & S-8 (SS-113) circa 1924 - 26.
On 30 December 1924, S-6 and her division (SubDiv 12) arrived at Mare Island, Calif. They operated along the west coast until 15 February 1927; in the Panama Canal area during March and April; then returned to New London on 3 May to operate along the New England coast. 		Photo courtesy of James Edward Gholson. Text courtesy of DANFS. Photo added 01/23/08.
S-6 85k S-6 (SS-111), date and place unknown. Note Omaha class light cruiser in the background
 US Navy photo contributed by Mike Green.
S-8, 3, 4, & 6 74k The S-8 (SS-113); S-3 (SS-107); S-4 (SS-109) & S-6 (SS-111) at Portsmouth, NH. The boat on far left can't be identified. US Navy photo courtesy of Milne Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, N.H. Photo and text contributed by by Ric Hedman/rddesigns.com.
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