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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.
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S-10 & 11 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.
S-10 - 13 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.
S-11 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.
S-11 110k S-11 (SS-116) taking a towline off the West Indies, probably early 1920s. US Navy photo courtesy of Dave Wright. Photo added 10/30/07.
SS 116 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.
S-11 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 by Jim Christley. Text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
S-11 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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