Allied Warships

S-47 (SS-158)

Submarine of the S-42 class

S-47 prewar

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	S-42
Pennant	158
Built by	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	26 Feb 1921
Launched	5 Jan 1924
Commissioned	16 Sep 1925
End service	25 Oct 1945
History	Decommissioned 25 October 1945. Stricken 13 November 1945. Sold in May 1946 to be broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS S-47 (158)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. James William Blanchard, USN	5 Oct 1936	May 1940
2	Lt. James White Davis, USN	May 1940	30 Sep 1942
3	Lt. Frank Edward Hayler, USN	30 Sep 1942	Feb 1944
4	T/Lt. Lloyd Verne Young, USN	Feb 1944	Dec 1944
5	T/Lt.Cdr. Allen Alfred Bergner, USN	Dec 1944	25 Oct 1945

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Notable events involving S-47 include:

5 Mar 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) departed from Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone for Brisbane, Australia.

15 Apr 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) arrived at Brisbane.

22 Apr 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) departed from Brisbane for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the New Britain-New Ireland area.

20 May 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) ended her 1st war patrol at Brisbane.

6 Jun 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) departed from Brisbane for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the New Britain-New Ireland area.

30 Jun 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) ended her 2nd war patrol at Brisbane.

28 Jul 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) departed from Brisbane for her 3rd war patrol.

1 Aug 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) returns to Brisbane with leaky fuel tanks. She breaks off her 3rd war patrol.

25 Aug 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) departed from Brisbane again for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the New Britain-New Ireland area.

22 Sep 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) ended her 3rd war patrol at Brisbane.

20 Oct 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. F.E. Haylor) departed from Brisbane for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Solomons.

17 Nov 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. F.E. Haylor) ended her 4th war patrol at Suva, Fiji.

1 Dec 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. F.E. Haylor) departed from Suva to proceed to Coco Solo in the Panama Canal Zone.

6 Jan 1943
USS S-47 (Lt. F.E. Haylor) arrived at Coco Solo. After an overhaul at San Francisco S-47 was ordered to proceed to Alaska. There she made two more war patrols in late 1943.

13 Mar 1943
USS S-47 departed Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone for Trinidad.

22 Mar 1943
USS S-47 arrived at Trinidad from Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone.

27 Mar 1943
USS S-47 departed Trinidad for Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone.

3 Apr 1943
USS S-47 arrived at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone from Trinidad.

5 Apr 1943
USS S-47 transited the Panama Canal and arrived at Balboa.

19 Oct 1944
HMAS Vendetta (Lt. W.F. Cook, RAN) conducted A/S exercises off Manus with USS S-47 (T/Lt. L.V. Young, USN).

Later they both conducted exercises with aircraft. (1)