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S-11 (SS-116)

Radio Call Sign: November - India - Mike - Tango

S-3 Class Submarine (Government-type): Laid down, 2 December 1919, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Launched, 7 February 1921; Commissioned, USS S-11 (SS-116), 11 February 1923; Decommissioned, 30 September 1936; Recommissioned, 6 September 1940, at Philadelphia; Decommissioned, 2 May 1945, at Philadelphia; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 October 1945, and sold to, Rosoff Bros., New York, NY; Final Dispoition, resold to Northern Metals, Co., Philadlephia, PA., for scrapping.

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
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.
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.
88k	S-11 (SS-116) at the Virgin Islands for President Wilson's funeral.	From the Frederick Wood Collection. US Navy photo courtesy of Stan Svec.
110k	S-11 (SS-116) taking a towline off the West Indies, probably early 1920s.	US Navy photo courtesy of Dave Wright.
118k	Vice Admiral Vincent Raphael Murphy was the commanding officer of the submarine O-11 (SS-72) from 1929 to 1932. He also served aboard the submarines S-37 (SS-142) from 1924 to 1927; S-11 (SS-116) from 1929 to 1932 and the Texas (BB-35) from 1935 to 1937. The picture was taken when he was the commanding officer of the battleship Alabama (BB-60) in 1944.	Photo from the War Diary USS Alabama 1942 - 1944 courtesy of Bill Gonyo. Photo added 08/23/09.
51k	S-11 (SS-116), September 1935, in the Panama Canal Zone.	US Navy photo. Text contributed from "U.S. Warships of World War II" by P. Silverstone, courtesy of Aryeh Wetherhorn.
67k	These O type and S type submarines which were used during the World War have since been decommissioned and are now laid up in the Phila. Navy Yard. The peaceful surroundings are quite a contrast to those of their active war days. They are pictured here on 17 July 1936. The S-10 (SS-115) was decommissioned on the day this photo was taken at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. and laid up in the Reserve Fleet. Pictured also are any of the following boats that were at the PNY during this time. The O boats:O-1 (SS-62), O-2 (SS-63), O-3 (SS-64), O-6 (SS-67), O-7 (SS-68), O-8 (SS-69), O-9 (SS-70),O-10 (SS-71). The S boats: S-6 (SS-111), S-7 (SS-112), S-8 (SS-113), S-9 (SS-114), S-11 (SS-116), S-12 (SS-117), S-13 (SS-118), S-14 (SS-119), S-15 (SS-120), S-16 (SS-121), S-17 (SS-122) & S-48 (SS-159).	Photo & text courtesy of A.P. Wire courtesy of philly.com. Photo added 06/09/09.
56k	S-11 (SS-116), shown about 1941, was one of four government S-boats S-10-13 (SS-115-18), 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 & Text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
114k	Port side view of the S-11 (SS-116) underway, date and location unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.

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