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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

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

S-35 (SS-140)

Radio Call Sign: November - India - Papa - Delta

S-18 Class Submarine: Laid down, 14 June 1918, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., San Francisco, CA.; Launched, 27 February 1919; Commissioned, USS S-35 (SS-140), 17 August 1922; Decommissioned, 25 October 1922, at Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.; Recommissioned, 7 May 1923, at New London, CT.; Decommissioned, 19 March 1945, at Pearl Harbor, TH; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Final Disposition, sunk as a target by torpedo, 4 April 1946, off the Hawaiian Islands. S-35 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.; Electro Dynamic Co., electric motors, Battery Cells, 120, twin propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
148k	The S-35 (SS-140) slides stern first into San Francisco Bay at her launching at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, Ltd., Union Plant, Potrero Wks. on 27 Feb 1919. The ship's sponsor Miss. Louise Carolyn Bailey is shown on the right.	US Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
176k	S-35 (SS-140) typified first generation Holland S-boats modernized during WW II. The two most visible changes were the platform for a 20-mm gun and the installation of a SJ radar (its range indicator is the shaded box in the conning tower). A new keel sonar was installed (indicated by an arrow). An underwater signal ejector is shown under the 20-mm platform (arrow) with an internal platform for its operator. The two Fessenden oscillators have been removed (their cavaties are arrowed). The boat's marker buoys were removed (note her stern contour) because they could become loose during depth charging. The boat was also air conditioned (the air conditioner is indicated near the refrigerator abaft the control room, indicated by the arrow under the keel near amidships) & a Kleinschmidt still installed.	Drawing by Jim Christley. Text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
113k	The *S-boat* was the culmination of E.B. single-hull design for the U.S. Navy. This is a typical unit of the S-30-41 (SS-135-46) group, as completed. Ballast tunks are indicated. Lines below the hull show the location of the fuel tanks forward & aft (the foremost two tanks of the after group are the lubricating oil tank & sump tank). Arrows indicate the two Fessenden oscillators under the boat's keel, fore & aft. Arrows in the bridge structure indicate the three periscopes (one in the conning tower, soon removed) the telescoping radio mast & the radio tube leading down into the radio room. In the control room the wheels controlling the planes were on the port side: the three levers for the Kingston valves were on the opposite side, abaft the chart table. The radio room, (below the radio tube, into which the antenna leads ran) was set into the after port side of the control room. Abaft the main motors were auxillaries: the low pressure main ballast pump on the centerline, the high pressure main ballast pump on the starboard shaft, the motor for the Fessenden oscillator on the port shaft.	Drawing by Jim Christley. Text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
128k	S-32 (SS-137) inboard with S-35 (SS-140) outboard at Groton, CT, January 9, 1923.	US Navy photo # 19-N-10268, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
71k	The S-35 (SS-140) , possibly around the time of her recommissioning, 7 May 1923, at New London, CT.	US Navy photo courtesy of USNI.
103k	S-35 (SS-140) underway off San Diego, November, 1923.	US Navy photo # 19-N-10679, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
103k	S-26 (SS-131) & S-35 (SS-140), on a cruise to the West Indies, circa Jan-Feb, 1924. They are shown at Target Bay on the island of Culebra.	Photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri. Photo added 06/08/08.
89k	The Minesweeper Ortolan (ASR-5) possibly at Mare Island, circa 1925. The sub is believed to be the S-35 (SS-140), or S-36 (SS-141).	Courtesy of Ric Hedman.
122k	Beaver (AS-5) at Olongapo, Philippines, with six submarines alongside, in March 1929. The submarines are (from front to rear): S-32 (SS-137), S-35 (SS-140), S-30 (SS-135), S-33 (SS-138), S-31 (SS-136), & S-34 (SS-139).	U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 59967.
128k	Submarines at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippines. Crewmen posing with a 4"/50 deck gun on board a *S-boat* submarine, March 1929, with another 4"/50 in the foreground. These submarines are probably S-30 (SS-135) and S-31 (SS-136). Behind them are (from front to rear): S-35 (SS-140), S-33 (SS-138); S-32 (SS-137); and S-34 (SS-139). Photographed from Beaver (AS-5). In the background is Pittsburgh (CA-4), in the Dewey drydock.	U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 51830.
131k	S-35 (SS-140) entering Pearl Harbor, possibly May, 1932.	US Navy photo # 19-N-17944, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy of Daniel Dunham.
20k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the decommissioning of Submarine Divison 9 on 7 December 1937. The subs appearing are: S-30 (SS-135) S-31 (SS-136) S-32 (SS-137) S-33 (SS-138) S-34 (SS-139) & S-35 (SS-140) .	Courtesy of Jack Tretule.
54k	From outboard to inboard, S-31 (SS-136), S-35 (SS-140), S-33 (SS-138), and S-34 (SS-139), probably in the Phillipines.	Vance Adams for his father, Lt. Vance Adams USN Ret (deceased).
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.
60k	Part of the S-35's (SS-140) crew in Alaska, circa December 1942. The contributor's father, Stephen A. Beaulieu, Jr. ENC (SS) was a CPO on board the boat during the war and is right in the middle of the picture in row 3, wearing a black watch cap. He is looking directly into the camera.	US Navy photo courtesy of John Beaulieu.
102k	The crew of the S-35 (SS-140) at Puget Sound receiving their commendation for saving the boat after the electrical fires that broke out in December 1942.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of John Beaulieu.
43k	Reverse side of the above photo listing the senior crew of the S-35 (SS-140) at Puget Sound receiving their commendation for saving the boat after the electrical fires that broke out in December 1942.	Official US Navy photo courtesy of John Beaulieu.
57k	Starboard side of the S-35(SS-140) , at time of inclining experiment while at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 2 May 1943.	US Navy photo # 1196-43, courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
97k	Starboard side aft of the S-35 (SS-140) , at time of inclining experiment while at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 2 May 1943.	US Navy photo # 1198-43, courtesy of Tracy White.
154k	*S-boat* and friend. The fleet boat is probably a *Balao class, but this is a guess. Too little detail is visible. The S-boat* is an EB product, either a *30 series* boat, or *S-40* or 41. The *20 series* boats had a different shaped housing for the bow plane pivot and the *S-42* through 47 had a prominent gun access trunk on the forward edge of the conning tower fairwater. The government built *S-boats* had an entirely different superstructure configuration. A curious thing is the lack of a deck gun on the *S-boat* . There is also no Union Jack on the jackstaff. This leads me to believe that this photo was taken stateside in the immediate post-war period, probably late 1945 and the *S-boat* was decommissioned and awaiting scrapping.	Text courtesy of David Johnston. Photo courtesy of Theodore Roscoe, from his book "U.S. Submarine Operations of WW II", published by USNI.