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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Patch on left contributed by Mike Smolinski, patch on right contributed by Don McGrogan, BMCS, USN (ret.)

S-27 (SS-132)

Radio Call Sign: November - India - November - Romeo

S-1 Class Submarine (Holland-type): Laid down, 11 April 1919, at the Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 18 October 1922; Commissioned, USS S-27 (SS-132), 22 January 1924, at Groton, CT.; Grounded, 19 June 1942, on rocks off St. Makarius Point, Amchitka Island, Alaska, guns destroyed and ship abandoned, 25 June 1942; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown).

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, Battery Cells, 120, twin propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
145k	Inboard alongside pier are the S-27 (SS-132) , S-46 (SS-157) and S-29 (SS-134) at the Groton CT, Navy Yard, January 2, 1924.	US Navy photo # 19-N-10280, 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.
114k	Savannah (AS-8) at Portland, OR., during the 1920s. Submarines alongside are (from left to right): S-27 (SS-132), S-29 (SS-134) and S-25 (SS-130).	Photo by Peck. US Navy photo # NH 71012 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, photo donated to the US Naval Historical Center by LT. Gustave Freret, USN (Retired), 1970.
80k	Savannah (AS-8) with three *S-boats* alongside, December 1924. The outboard submarine is S-27 (SS-132). *Savannah* tended Submarine Division Eleven, which consisted of S-24 / 29. Bushnell (AS-2) is in the left background.	Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 44073, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.
142k	S-27 (SS-132), underway, entering Pearl Harbor, possibly circa Spring 1925.	Text courtesy of DANFS. Photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
143k	Portside view of the S-27 (SS-132), entering Pearl Harbor circa 1925.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
71k	Starboard side view of the S-27 (SS-132), underway, date and location unknown.	Photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
34k	S-27 (SS-132), 1936, place unknown.	US Navy photo courtesy of George Herold.
38k	S-27 (SS-132), with Holland (AS-3), and other unidentified *S-boats* alongside, circa 1930's, place unknown.	Photo courtesy of Theodore Roscoe, from his book "U.S. Submarine Operations of WW II", published by USNI.
20k	S-27 (SS-132), date and place unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII.
73k	An 1942 oil painting on board, by the artist William F. Draper entitled "Sub and Yippy Tie Up." In a quiet inlet of the Bering Sea in 1942, a YP boat gets a coat of paint and an *S-boat* ties up for fuel and provisions. The short Alaskan day is ending and lights may be seen in the barracks until total darkness requires a blackout. The *S-boats* that served in the Aleutians theatre were: S-18 (SS-123), S-23 (SS-128), S-27 (SS-132), S-28 (SS-133), S-30 (SS-135), S-31 (SS-136), S-32 (SS-137), S-33 (SS-138), S-34 (SS-139), S-35 (SS-140), S-36 (SS-141), S-40 (SS-145), S-41 (SS-146), S-42 (SS-153), S-44 (SS-155), S-45 (SS-156), S-46 (SS-157), & S-47 (SS-158).	Sub and Yippy Tie Up by William F. Draper. Painting #13 / 88-189-N. Courtesy of the USNHC.
40k	Google Earth satellite photo of St. Makarius Point, Amchitka Island, Alaska. This is where the S-27 (SS-132) was lost.	View courtesy of Google Earth. Photo added 04/25/08.
58k	Area map showing St. Makarius Point, Amchitka Island, Alaska. This is where the S-27 (SS-132) was lost.	Photo courtesy of ims.uaf.edu.
40k	Commemorative photo honoring the S-27 (SS-132).	Photo courtesy of Tom Kermen.
60k	Memorial marker honoring the S-27 (SS-132) from the Idaho submarine veterans of WW II.	Photo courtesy of Larry Backus & submitted by Fred Willshaw.
669k	Active duty and veteran submariners stand together at the 29th annual "Tolling The Boats" Memorial Service held at the World War II National Submarine Memorial-West, Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Calif. 29 May 2006. The ceremony honored members of the Silent Service who gave their lives during World War II and the Cold War for their country and the cause of freedom.	U.S. Navy photo # N-1159B-052 by Journalist 1st Class Brian Brannon, courtesy of navy.news.mil.