Allied Warships

S-23 (SS-128)

Submarine of the S-1 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassS-1 
Pennant128 
Built byBethlehem Steel Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down18 Jan 1919 
Launched27 Oct 1920 
Commissioned30 Oct 1923 
End service2 Nov 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 2 November 1945.
Stricken 16 November 1945.
Sold 15 November 1946 ad broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS S-23 (128)

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1John Reeves Pierce, USN15 Feb 194124 Apr 1942

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Media links


U. S. Submarines in World War II

Kimmett, Larry and Regis, Margaret


U.S. Submarines Through 1945

Friedman, Norman

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