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S-24 (SS-129)

S-18 Class Submarine (Holland-type): Laid down, 1 November 1918, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy MA.; Launched, 27 June 1922; Commissioned, USS S-24 (SS-129), 24 August 1923; Decommissioned, 10 August 1942; Transferred to the United Kingdom; Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS P 555; Returned to US Naval custody in the United Kingdom, at the end of World War II; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition, destroyed, 25 August 1947 at Portland Naval Base, United Kingdom.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 854 t., Submerged: 1,062 t.; Length 219' 3" ; Beam 20' 8"; Draft 15' 11"(mean); Depth Limit 200'; Speed, Surfaced 14.5 kts, Submerged 11 kts; Complement, 4 Officers, 34 Enlisted; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes, 12 torpedoes, one 4"/50 deck gun; Propulsion, diesel-electric, New London Ship & Engine diesel engines, hp 1200, Fuel Capacity, 41,192 gals.; Ridgeway Dynamo & Electric Co., electric motors, hp 1500, Battery Cells, 120, twin propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
379k	S-24 (SS-129) , S-25 (SS-130) & S-28 (SS-133) at Groton, CT, May 4, 1923.	US Navy photo # 19-N-10271, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
60k	From left to right: S-22 (SS-127), S-24 (SS-129) & S-18 (SS-123) tied up along the dock at Groton, CT., July 5, 1923.	US Navy photo # 19-N-10272, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
105k	Savannah (AS-8) with five submarines alongside, during the 1920s. S-24 (SS-129) is the inboard submarine on *Savannah's* port side. Those moored to her starboard side are (from inboard to outboard): S-27 (SS-132), S-20 (SS-125) and S-28 (SS-133).	US Navy photo # NH 72921 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, photo donated to the US Naval Historical Center by LT. Gustave Freret, USN (Retired), 1970.
50k	S-24 (SS-129) in heavy seas. Location unknown, circa 1920's.	Courtesy of Ric Hedman.
83k	S-24 (SS-129) entering Pearl Harbor, circa late 1920's.	US Navy photo # 19-N-17947, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
58k	S-24 (SS-129) entering Pearl Harbor, circa 1929.	Courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
288k	The crew of the S-24 (SS-129) (?). Carson Martin is in the third row back and counting from the left, he is 5th (this is not counting the one guy that is behind that row on his own).	Photo courtesy of Meryl Kretschmann, daughter of Carson Martin, K.I.A. aboard the Grunion (SS-216), 30 July 1942.
25k	S-24 (SS-129) in port, location and date unknown.	Courtesy of subnet.com.
106k	S-24 (SS-129) with a seagull making a strafing run, crew takes cover! Location and date unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
56k	Lieutenant Commander Charles Herbert Andrews graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1930 and then attended Submarine School at New London, Connecticut. He commanded the S-24 (SS-129) in 1941 prior to his assignment to the Gurnard (SS-254). He was the second to the last C.O. before she was decommissioned in 1942. During World War II he was the Captain of the submarine *Gurnard* from 18 September 1942 to September 1944. On six war patrols he and his crew sunk 11 ships for a total of 71,500 tons. He was awarded two Navy Crosses for his second and fifth war patrols and two Silver Stars. He was placed on the Roll of Honor at the Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor. Prior to his retirement from the Navy he was promoted to Rear Admiral.	US Navy photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo. Photo added 08/25/09.

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