USS S-13

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S-13 in port during the 1920s
History
United States
NameUSS S-13
BuilderPortsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine
Laid down14 February 1920
Launched20 October 1921
Commissioned14 July 1923
Decommissioned30 September 1936
Recommissioned28 October 1940
Decommissioned10 April 1945
Stricken19 May 1945
FateSold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type
S-class submarine
Displacement
  • 876 long tons (890 t) surfaced
  • 1,092 long tons (1,110 t) submerged
Length231 ft (70 m)
Beam21 ft 10 in (6.65 m)
Draft13 ft 1 in (3.99 m)
Speed
  • 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) surfaced
  • 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h) submerged
Complement42 officers and men
Armament

USS S-13 (SS-118) was a second-group (S-3 or "Government")

S-class submarine of the United States Navy
.

Consyruction and commissioning

S-13′s

Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 20 October 1921, sponsored by Miss Mary Howe, and commissioned on 14 July 1923 with Lieutenant Wilder D. Baker
in command.

Service history

1923–1936

Following duty along the coast of the

Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands, and Trinidad from January to April 1924. Departing New London, Connecticut, on 24 November 1924, she proceeded, via the Panama Canal and California, to Hawaii
, which she visitied from 27 April to 25 May 1925. She returned to New London on 12 July 1925.

In addition to service in the northeastern

decommissioned on 30 September 1936 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
.

1940–1945

S-13 was recommissioned on 28 October 1940. Following voyages to

bombs into the water near her, one of which exploded.[1] She then exchanged recognition signals with the bomber, which departed without further incident.[1]
She suffered no casualties or damage.

S-13 operated in the Panama Canal area until January 1944, then at Trinidad from February 1944 to May 1944. at Guantanamo Bay from May through July 1944. and in the Panama Canal area through the remainder of 1944. Departing Coco Solo on 3 January 1945, S-13 proceeded to Philadelphia for inactivation.

Decommissioning and disposal

S-13 was decommissioned on 10 April 1945, struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 May 1945. and sold on 28 October 1945 to Rosoff Brothers of New York City for scrap. Resold to Northern Metals Company of Philadelphia, she subsequently was scrapped.

In media

The 1930 John Ford film Men Without Women is set aboard a fictional U.S. Navy submarine named USS S-13.

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Hinman & Campbell, p. 196.

Bibliography

  • Hinman, Charles R., and Douglas E. Campbell. The Submarine Has No Friends: Friendly Fire Incidents Involving U.S. Submarines During World War II. Syneca Research Group, Inc., 2019.
    ISBN 978-0-359-76906-3
    .
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