USS S-4
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USS S-4, also known as "Submarine No. 109", was an S-3-class, also referred to as a "Government"-type, submarine of the United States Navy.
USS S-4 underway off the Portsmouth Navy Yard, on 26 December 1919
Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur (2nd from left) during salvage work of S-4, in March 1928. Captain Ernest King and Lieutenant Henry Hartley, in charge of salvage operation (first and second from right) while Rear Admiral Philip Andrews (left) looks on.
S-4 under tow to the Boston Navy Yard, after being salvaged in 1928
The United States' S-class submarines, often simply called S-boats, were the first class of submarines with a significant number built to United States Navy designs. They made up the bulk of the USN s
USS S-4
…USS S-4 (SS-109), also known as "Submarine No. 109", was an S-3-class, also referred to as a "Government"-type, submarine of the United States Navy. In 1927, S-4 was sunk by the accidental ramming by the United States…
S-class submarine USS S-44 (SS-155) leaving Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, c. 1929
USS S-1 off Provincetown, Massachusetts, on 17 April 1920, while running sea trials
USS S-2 backing at low speed, probably off Bridgeport, Connecticut, at the time of her builders' trials in September 1919, many of the men standing on her deck are civilians
Portside view of USS S-3 on her trials, May 1919, notice the complete lack of an enclosed bridge fairwater, or her 4"/50 caliber gun, a features that were added later