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S-7 (SS-112)

S-4 Class Submarine (Government-type): Laid down, 29 January 1918, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 5 February 1920; Commissioned, USS S-7, 1 July 1920; Redesignated USS S-7 (SS-112), 15 July 1920; Decommissioned, 3 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-7 85k Keel laying of the S-7 (SS-112) at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 29 January 1918. Note the riveting hammers held by the two officers at right and the man in the middle, and hot rivet tongs held by the young men at left, and the metal tags on their clothing. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 46544.
S-7 142k S-7 (SS-112) rising from the harbor floor, possibly at Mare Island, circa 1925. US Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
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-7 221k Starboard view of the S-7 (SS-112) underway, during the 1920s. US Navy photo # 19-N-20291, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
S-boats 115k The Submarine Tender Camden (AS-6) photographed circa the middle or later 1920s, with ten S-boats alongside. The submarines are (on Camden's starboard side, from left to right):
S-18 (SS-123) & unidentified Electric Boat type S-boat;
S-19 (SS-124);
S-12 (SS-117); and an unidentified Government type S-boat.
On Camden'sport side, from left to right:
Unidentified Government type S-boat;
S-7 (SS-112);
S-8 (SS-113);
S-9 (SS-114); and
S-3 (SS-107). 		Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph NH 100459.
S-7 54k S-7 (SS-112) passing Mercy (AH-4) in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February 1928. Photographed by Tauzin. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 41897.
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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
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