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S-15 (SS-120)

Radio Call Sign: November - India - November - Bravo
S-4 Class Submarine (Government-type): Laid down, 13 December 1917, at Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, CT.; Launched, 8 March 1920; Commissioned, USS S-15 (SS-120), 15 January 1921; Decommissioned, 26 April 1935, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet; Recommissioned, 3 January 1941; Decommissioned, and struck from the Naval Register, 11 June 1946, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 4 December 1946, to Potomac Shipwrecking Co., MD.

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-15 83k S-15 (SS-120), dockside at Bridgeport, CT. 3 January 1921, 12 days before her commissioning, 15 January. Courtesy of John Hummel.
S Boats 62k S boats at the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines, in 1923-1924. These submarines are (from left to right): S-17 (SS-122):
S-4 (SS-109):
S-15 (SS-120); and
S-14 (SS-119). 		U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 90306. Courtesy of Captain A.L. Prosser, USN (Retired), 1979.
S-15 41k S-15 (SS-120) in Dry Dock circa 1925, possibly Mare Island Shipyard since the boats near her in the dry dock were all reported to be at Mare Island at that time too. Photo & text courtesy of Ric Hedman / rddesigns.com.
S-9 & 15 40k Dock side view at Mare Island in 1929; the Ortolan (AM-45) and five of her charges, of which only two boats are identifiable: the S-9 (SS-114) & S-15 (SS-120). US Navy photo courtesy of Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.) Photo added 06/08/08.
S-15 11k Commemorative post mark issued on the occasion S-15's (SS-120) first decommissioning, 26 April 1935, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. Photo & text courtesy of Jack Treutle.
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