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A fine photo of S-10 alongside the pier at an unknown location, mid to late 1920's. This is possibly shortly after her commissioning at Submarine Base New London, CT. A Lapwing-class minesweeper/submarine rescue vessel is moored across the pier from her. | |||
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B"> S-10 and [[S-20|'''S-20 (SS-125)''']] warping out from the seawall at Submarine Base New London, approximately 1928 or 1929. [[O-3|'''O-3 (SS-63)''']], [[O-4|'''O-4 (SS-64)''']], and [[O-1|'''O-1 (SS-62)''']] are at the finger piers in background. The O-3's conning tower fairwater is just above the fairwater of S-10. | <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B"> S-10 and [[S-20|'''S-20 (SS-125)''']] warping out from the seawall at Submarine Base New London, approximately 1928 or 1929. [[O-3|'''O-3 (SS-63)''']], [[O-4|'''O-4 (SS-64)''']], and [[O-1|'''O-1 (SS-62)''']] are at the finger piers in background. The O-3's conning tower fairwater is just above the fairwater of S-10. | ||
<small> | Note: This photo has been seen on many sites. Ric Hedman owns a copy of the post card that this was scanned from. On close examination, it appears that this was a very early example of "Photoshopping". The original photo had only the O-boats at the finger piers in the background. The image of the S-10 and S-20, likely cut from another photo, were edited into this photo for dramatic effect. The S-boats are significantly larger than the O-class, yet in this photo they actually appear to be smaller. Also, as far as the knowledge of the webmasters go, there never was berthing at Submarine Base New London that ran parallel to the shoreline and perpendicular to the well-known finger piers. certainly not in the late 1920s when this photo was supposedly taken. Lastly, from an operational standpoint, it would have been exceedingly rare to warp out two boats lashed together. If the inboard boat had to get underway, they simply would have moved the outboard boat to another mooring or temporarily out into the river, thus freeing space for the inboard boat to get underway. There wouldn't have been a good reason to move both boats while lashed together. | ||
<small>Postcard scan in the private collection of Ric Hedman.</small> | |||
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This is a fine photo of S-10 taken in the late 1920's, likely somewhere in the Panama Canal area, her homeport for many years. Note that by the time of this photo, the ready service ammunition locker at the forward edge of the conning tower fairwater (below the bridge) has been removed. This was a common modification for the Government design S-boats in this period. Why this was done is not entirely clear, but it may have had to do with corrosion control problems. S-10 was decommissioned and scrapped in 1936 mostly due to severe corrosion and rusting in her aft hull. Her sisters S-11, S-12, and S-13 were all retained for WWII service, so apparently S-10 suffered from this problem much worse than the others. | |||
<small>Photo in the private collection of Dave Johnston.</small> | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:54, 11 July 2025

Milne Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, N.H.

Of note here is the lack of the bow plane slit in the forward superstructure. The S-8 bow plane modification that moved the blow planes below the waterline had proven entirely successful so it was repeated on the S-10 group.
Milne Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, N.H.

U.S. Navy photo.

U.S. Navy photo.

U.S. Navy photo.

A fine photo of S-10 alongside the pier at an unknown location, mid to late 1920's. This is possibly shortly after her commissioning at Submarine Base New London, CT. A Lapwing-class minesweeper/submarine rescue vessel is moored across the pier from her.
Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman.

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman.

Note: This photo has been seen on many sites. Ric Hedman owns a copy of the post card that this was scanned from. On close examination, it appears that this was a very early example of "Photoshopping". The original photo had only the O-boats at the finger piers in the background. The image of the S-10 and S-20, likely cut from another photo, were edited into this photo for dramatic effect. The S-boats are significantly larger than the O-class, yet in this photo they actually appear to be smaller. Also, as far as the knowledge of the webmasters go, there never was berthing at Submarine Base New London that ran parallel to the shoreline and perpendicular to the well-known finger piers. certainly not in the late 1920s when this photo was supposedly taken. Lastly, from an operational standpoint, it would have been exceedingly rare to warp out two boats lashed together. If the inboard boat had to get underway, they simply would have moved the outboard boat to another mooring or temporarily out into the river, thus freeing space for the inboard boat to get underway. There wouldn't have been a good reason to move both boats while lashed together.
Postcard scan in the private collection of Ric Hedman.

This is a fine photo of S-10 taken in the late 1920's, likely somewhere in the Panama Canal area, her homeport for many years. Note that by the time of this photo, the ready service ammunition locker at the forward edge of the conning tower fairwater (below the bridge) has been removed. This was a common modification for the Government design S-boats in this period. Why this was done is not entirely clear, but it may have had to do with corrosion control problems. S-10 was decommissioned and scrapped in 1936 mostly due to severe corrosion and rusting in her aft hull. Her sisters S-11, S-12, and S-13 were all retained for WWII service, so apparently S-10 suffered from this problem much worse than the others.
Photo in the private collection of Dave Johnston.
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