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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Patch courtesy of
Don McGrogan, BMCS, USN (ret.)

S-41 (SS-146)

Radio Call Sign: November - India - Papa - Mike

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Yangtze Service Medal
Second Row - China Service Medal - American Defense Service Medal (with Sea Clasp) - American Campaign Medal (1)
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Defense Medal

S-18 Class Submarine (Holland-type): Laid down, 17 April 1919, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., San Francisco, CA.; Launched, 21 February 1921; Commissioned, USS S-41 (SS-146), 15 January 1924; Decommissioned, 13 February 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in November 1946, to National Metal and Steel Corp., Terminal Island, CA. S-41 earned four battle stars for her World War II service.

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.; General Electric Co., electric motors, Battery Cells, 120, twin propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
157k	S-41 (SS-146) fitting out at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Union Plant, Potrero Works, San Francisco, CA., 27 December 1923.	US National Archives photo # 19-LC-49T-1, a US Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
85k	Canopus (AS-9) in Apra Harbor, Guam, with Submarine Division 17 alongside, 29 October 1924. Submarine Division 17's members were: S-36 (SS-141), S-37(SS-142); S-38 (SS-143); S-39 (SS-144); S-40 (SS-145) and S-41 (SS-146).	US Navy photo # NH 55048, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
76k	Canopus (AS-9), in Apra Harbor, Guam, 29 October 1924, with all six members of Submarine Division 17 alongside. The division consisted of: S-36 (SS-141); S-37 (SS-142), S-38 (SS-143), S-39 (SS-144), S-40 (SS-145) and S-41 (SS-146).	U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 104940.
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.
88k	View of S-41 (SS-146) looking forward, with her decks cleared, just before making a dive off the California coast near San Francisco, 26 February 1924. Her diving planes are rigged out. Photo courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, CA., 1969.	US Navy photo # NH 69039, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
64k	Canopus (AS-9), with the Asiatic Fleet's Submarine Squadron Five alongside, during the 1930s. The submarines present include (from left to right): S-37 (SS-142); S-40 (SS-145); S-36 (SS-141);S-38 (SS-143); S-41 (SS-146); S-39 (SS-144).	US National Archives photo # 80-G-1014615, a US Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
106k	S-41 (SS-146), nested outboard of sister submarines S-38 (SS-143), and S-40 (SS-145), alongside Canopus (AS-9) off Tsingtao, China, in 1930. Note the submarines' 4"/50 deck guns.	US Navy photo # NH 51833, for the collections of the US Naval Historical Center
123k	S-41 (SS-146), nested outboard of sister submarines S-38 (SS-143), and S-40 (SS-145), alongside Canopus (AS-9) at Tsingtao, China, in 1930. Note awnings spread aft on these submarines.	US Navy photo # NH 51831, for the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
92k	The boats of *SubDiv 17, Asiatic Fleet, moored alongside Canopus* (AS-9) at Tsingtao, China, in 1930. Submarines in the foreground include (from left to right): S-40 (SS-145) ; S-38 (SS-143); and S-41 (SS-146). Another submarine is approaching, in the center distance.	US Navy photo # NH 59969, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
95k	The boats of Submarine Division Seventeen (SubDiv 17), US Asiatic Fleet, moored alongside Canopus (AS-9) at Tsingtao, China, circa 1930. Identifiable submarines present include S-36 (SS-141), S-39 (SS-144), S-37 (SS-142) and S-41 (SS-146) Note sailors relaxing on deck, Chinese men on board the submarines, and 4"/50 deck guns.	US Navy photo # NH 59968, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center
88k	The boats of SubDiv 17, Asiatic Fleet, moored alongside Canopus (AS-9) at Tsingtao, China, circa 1930. Identifiable submarines present include S-39 (SS-144), S-37 (SS-142) and S-41 (SS-146). The boat closest to the camera is probably S-36 (SS-141). Note SubDiv 17 insignia painted on conning towers.	US Navy photo # NH 51832, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center
187k	Starboard side view of the S-41 (SS-146) underway, circa 1924-41, in the Far East.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
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.
110k	S-41 (SS-146) moored at San Diego following overhaul, April, 1943. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.	US Navy photo # 1198-43, courtesy of Tracy White. Photo now held at Seattle NARA. Photo added 11/24/07.
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.