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S-19 (SS-124)

S-18 Class Submarine (Holland-type): Laid down, 15 August 1918, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy MA.; Launched, 21 June 1920; Commissioned, USS S-19 (SS-124), 24 August 1921; Decommissioned: 8 March 1922; Recommissioned 6 January 1923; Decommissioned, 10 February 1934, at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, TH; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register, 18 December 1938; Final Disposition, sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor, 18 December 1938.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 854 t., Submerged: 1062 t.; Length 219' 3" ; Beam 20' 8"; Draft 15' 11"(mean); Speed, Surfaced 14.5 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. New London Ship and Engine Co, diesel engines, 1200 hp; Fuel Capacity, 41,921 gal.; Ridgeway Dynamo and Electric Co. electric motors, 1500 hp, Battery Cells 120, twin propellers.
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S-19 100k S-19 (SS-124) tied up along the dock at Groton, CT.,October, 2, 1922.
US Navy photo # 19-N-8916, 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-19 75k S-19 (SS-124) underway with other S-boats during the Presidential review somewhere in the Atlantic ocean, June 4, 1927.
 		US Navy photo # 19-N-11212, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
S-19 78k S-19 (SS-124) underway with other S-boats, S-21 (SS-126), S-23 (SS-128), during the Presidential review somewhere in the Atlantic ocean, June 4, 1927. US Navy photo # 19-N-11053, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
S-19 61k Starboard view of the S-19 (SS-124) sailing along the Thames river in New London, CT., circa 1923-30. US Navy photo # 19-N-12152, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
S-19 38k Conning tower of the S-19 (SS-124) encrusted in North Atlantic ice, circa 1923-30. US Navy photo # 19-N-8358, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
S-19 59k Portside view of the S-19 (SS-124) sailing along the Thames river in New London, CT., circa 1923-30. US Navy photo # 19-N-9123, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
S-19 68k Dressed in whites, the crew of the S-19 (SS-124) man the rails as she sails along the Thames river in New London, CT., circa 1923-30. US Navy photo # 19-N-9117, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
S-19 60k Dressed in whites, the crew of the S-19 (SS-124) man the rails as she sails along the Thames river in New London, CT., circa 1923-30. US Navy photo # 19-N-9122, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
S-19 112k Starboard view of the S-19 (SS-124) underway in the Panama Canal area, circa 1923-30. US Navy photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
O-258k Jason (AC-12) at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1924. Several submarines are in the foreground, including (from left to right):
S-19 (SS-124);
O-9 (SS-70);
R-26 (SS-103) -- probably--; and
O-2 (SS-63). 		Courtesy of Chief Boatswain's Mate George Behrens, USN (Retired), 1974. U.S. Navy photo NH 102780, courtesy of USNHC.
S-19 28k Remains of the wreck of the S-19 (SS-124) off the coast of Hawaii, 2005.
 		Photo courtesy of soest.hawaii.edu. Photo added 07/20/07.
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