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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Contributed by Don McGrogan, BMCS, USN (ret.)

S-28 (SS-133)

Radio Call Sign: November - India - November - Sierra

S-1 Class Submarine (Holland-type): Laid down, 16 April 1919, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 20 September 1922; Commissioned, USS S-28 (SS-133), 13 December 1923; Lost at sea, last contract made with S-28, 4 July 1944, with USCGC Reliance (WSC-150); A Court of Inquiry was unable to determine the cause of her loss. S-28 was awarded one battle star for her services in World War II.

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
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.
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.
115k	Dockside view of the S-28 (SS-133), in San Diego sometime during the mid-to-late thirties.	Courtesy of Desda Allnut, from the Allnut estate. Submitted by Kenneth T. Wilhite, Jr.
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.
108k	Near Seattle Washington, the S-28 (SS-133) appears here in a head on view while doing 10 knots on 10 June 1943.	US Navy photo # 1615-43, courtesy of Tracy White.
62k	Near Seattle Washington, the S-28 (SS-133) appears here while directly astern on 10 June 1943.	US Navy photo # 1615-43, courtesy of Tracy White.
68k	S-28 (SS-133) port side amidships, 11 June 1943 at time of inclining experiment while at Puget Sound Navy Yard.	US Navy photo # 1615-43, courtesy of Tracy White.
118k	S-28 (SS-133), underway through Puget Sound Navy Yard, 24 June 1943 after a refit. She was typical of early E.B.("Holland") S-boats (S-18-41) modernized from late 1942 on, with surface-search radar (SJ) but without air search (SD) sets. In some cases modernization came in two stages: first urgent items such as SJ radar & keel sonar, then structural items such as the 20-mm gun, elimination of the marker buoy aft, & air conditioning.	Partial text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press. Photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
80k	S-28 (SS-133), underway through Puget Sound Navy Yard. 24 June 1943. Broadside view, starboard side.	Courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
64k	S-28 (SS-133) underway through Puget Sound Navy Yard, 24 June 1943 after a refit.	USN photo.
15k	S-28 (SS-133), date and place unknown.	US Navy photo / Hyperwar US Navy in WWII.
14k	Jack Gordon Campbell, Lieutenant Commander (Commanding Officer) of the S-28 (SS-133) at the time of her loss.	USN photo courtesy of oneternalpatrol.com.
43k	Google Earth satellite photo of the area off of Honolulu where the S-28 (SS-133) was at the time of her loss.	View courtesy of Google Earth. Photo added 04/25/08.
42k	Commemorative photo in memory of the crew of the S-28 (SS-133).	Courtesy of Tom Kermen.
117k	The wife of a World War II U.S. submarine veteran, tosses a flower into a reflecting pool to honor the memory of one of the 52 submarines lost during World War II at the National Submarine Memorial-West on board Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Calif. On this Veterans Day, the Submarine Veterans of World War II transferred ownership of the memorial to the U.S. Navy. The following text is from The Coming Fury by Bruce Catton., pg. 478. "Major Sullivan Bullen of Illinois was killed in the battle, and just before it he had written to his wife, Sarah, to tell her that he believed he was going to be killed and to express a tremulous faith that could see a gleam of light in the dark: "But O Sarah! If the dead can come back to this earth and float unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you in the gladdest days and in the gloomiest nights, always, always, and if there be a soft breeze upon your chest it shall be my breath, as the cool air fans your throbbing temple it shall be my spirit passing by. Sarah, do not mourn me dead; think I am gone and wait, for we shall meet again!"	U.S. Navy photo # N-1159B-021 by Journalist 2nd Class Brian Brannon, courtesy of news.navy.mil.
56k	S-28 (SS-133), probably in San Diego harbor during the late 1920's. In Memorium: In the Second Book of Shmuel (Samuel), 22nd chapter, 5th through the 20th verses, translated from the original in Hebrew and published by the Koren Publishers of Jerusalem, Israel, 1982, can perhaps aptly describe the fate of the crew and all other U.S. submariners who died defending their county: "When the waves of death compassed me / the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; / the bonds of She'ol encircled me; / the snares of death took me by surprise; / in my distress I called upon the Lord, / and cried to my G-D: / and he heard my voice out of his temple, / and my cry entered into his ears. / Then the earth shook and trembled; /the foundations of heaven moved / and shook because of his anger /...the heavy mass of waters, and thick clouds of the skies /... And the channels of the sea appeared, / the foundations of the world were laid bare, / at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast at the breath of his nostrils. / He sent from above, he took me; / he drew me out of many waters; / he delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me. / They surprised me in the day of my calamity: / but the Lord was my stay / He brought me forth also into a large place: / he delivered me because he delighted in me./"	US Navy photo / goatlocker.exis.net