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S-10 (SS-115)

S-4 Class Submarine (Government-type): Laid down, 11 September 1919, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 9 December 1920; Commissioned, USS S-10 (SS-115), 21 September 1922; Decommissioned, and struck from the Naval Register, 17 July 1936, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 November 1936.

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, five 21" torpedo tubes, 14 torpedoes, one 4"/50 deck gun; Propulsion, diesel electric engines, Maschinfabrik - Augsburg - Nurnburg, New York Navy Yard diesel engines, 2,000 hp, Fuel Capacity, 36,950 gal.; Westinghouse Electric Co., electric motors, 1,200 hp, Battery Cells, 120, twin propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
66k	Miss Marian K. Paine, Sponsor, christens S-10 (SS-115) during the submarine's launching ceremonies, at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 9 December 1920. The original print was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence in 1936.	US Navy photo # NH 41774, from the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
67k	Miss Marian K. Paine, Sponsor, poses by S-10's (SS-115) bow with her buoquet and the christening bottle, during the submarine's launching ceremonies at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 9 December 1920. The original print was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence in 1936.	US Navy photo # NH 41772, from the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
67k	Miss Marian K. Paine, Sponsor, poses by S-10's (SS-115) bow with her buoquet and the christening bottle, during the submarine's launching ceremonies at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 9 December 1920. Also present is Captain Laurence S. Adams, USN (Construction Corps), the Navy Yard's Industrial Manager. The original print was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence in 1936.	US Navy photo # NH 41776, from the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
65k	Miss Marian K. Paine (holding buoquet and christening bottle), the submarine's Sponsor, poses with members of her party and other dignitaries during S-10's (SS-115) launching ceremonies at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 9 December 1920. Notes on the original print identify those present as (from left to right): Scaritt; Wales; Adams; Captain Louis R. de Steiguer (Commandant of the Portsmouth Navy Yard), Miss Paine, Governor Bartlett, and Captain Laurence S. Adams (Portsmouth Navy Yard Industrial Manager).	US Navy photo # NH 103619, from the U.S. Naval Historical Center.Collection of Rear Admiral Bradford Bartlett, USN.
62k	Workmen knocking out wedges between the S-10 (SS-115) and her building ways, while preparing for her launching at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 9 December 1920. The original print was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence in 1936.	US Navy photo # NH 41770, from the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
210k	Launching of the S-10 (SS-115) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., 9 December 1920. Note the partially built bow of the S-11 (SS-116) to her right.	US Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
50k	Five women on the S-10's (SS-115) deck, at the time of her launching at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 9 December 1920. These ladies, all wearing life jackets, probably rode *S-10* during her slide down the shipways into the water. They may have been Navy Yard employees, as one (at left) is wearing what appears to be an identification tag. The original print was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence in 1936.	US Navy photo # NH 41773, from the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
49k	S-10 (SS-115) afloat, immediately after her launching at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 9 December 1920. The original print was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence in 1936.	US Navy photo # NH 41775, from the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
64k	S-10 (SS-115) being tugged to an outfitting wharf, following her launching at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 9 December 1920. The original print was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence in 1936.	US Navy photo # NH 41771, from the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
374k	Raised bow view, port side of the S-2 (SS-106) at her dock trials at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth New Hampshire, June 4th, 1921. The S-10 (SS-115) is pictured inboard. Further inboard is the armored cruiser Huntington (CA-5). She had been decommissioned on 1 Sept. 1920.	US Navy photo # 19-N-7607, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham. Photo i.d. courtesy of Tom Bateman.
487k	S-10 (SS-115) showing her vertical rudder, skeg propeller shaft, struts and stern diving plane in position at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth New Hampshire, 20 February 1922.	US Navy photo # 19-N-9134, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
57k	The S-10 (SS-115) taken in 1922, possibly before her commssioning. The trees look like they are tropical and the crew seems to be dressed in moderate clothing. There was a period of almost two years between her launching and commissioning.	USNI / USN photo.
55k	S-10 (SS-115) sailing down the Thames River at New London, CT., 1924.	US Navy photo from the Frederick Wood Collection, courtesy of Stan Svec.
71k	Bushnell (AS-5) tending submarines at Gonaives, Haiti, 1924. The two outboard submarines are S-10 (SS-115) and S-13 (SS-118).	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, # NH 74633, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Donation of Lieutenant Gustave Freret, USN(Retired), 1971.
61k	Bushnell (AS-5) at Gonaives, Haiti, circa 1924 tending her charges: S-11 (SS-116), S-12 (SS-117), S-10 (SS-115) & and S-13 (SS-118).	US Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
61k	Bushnell (AS-5) at Gonaives, Haiti, circa 1924 tending her charges: S-11 (SS-116), S-12 (SS-117), S-10 (SS-115) & and S-13 (SS-118).	US Navy photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
326k	S-10 (SS-115) after trip from New London, at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 24 January 1925.	US Navy photo # 19-N-12064, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
151k	S-13 (SS-118), S-10 (SS-115) and S-12 (SS-117) moored at balboa Docks, Panama. Note the Grace lines liner (one of four sisters built in 1933: *Santa Elena, Santa Paula, Santa Rosa* or *Santa Lucia) being assisted to dock by a Canal Zone tug (probably Tavernilla*). Circa 1933-1935.	US Navy photo courtesy of Dave Wright. Photo added 10/29/07.
50k	Closeup of the S-10 (SS-115) snow encrusted deck gun and fright *Lighter # 98* at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 24, 1925.	US Navy photo # 19-N-12064, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham & Ric Hedman.
61k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the S-10's (SS-115) decommissioning, 17 July 1936.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
19k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the S-10's (SS-115) decommissioning, 17 July 1936.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
56k	S-13 (SS-118), shown about 1941, was one of four government *S-boats; S-10 & 13* (SS-15 & 18), redesigned by Porsmouth Navy Yard to carry a torpedo tube aft. Structural detail has been included in this drawing to suggest the complexity of the C & R design, which made it extremely difficult to maintain. The V-1-class (SS-163-65) had similar complex structures.	Drawing by Jim Christley. Text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.