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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">Two rare photos of S-2 around the time of her completion, early 1920 at the Lake yard in Bridgeport, CT. The boat seems to be very clean and new, indicating that it has recently been completed but not yet commissioned. Note that the 4"/50 caliber gun has not yet been installed on the forward gun deck. The view from aft shows good details of the hatch closure mechanism, much different from the hatches seen in later years. This is essentially a T-bar that is engaged under the lip of the hatch when closed, with the hatch being tightened down by turning the handwheel. The T-bar would pull the hatch tightly down on to the seating surface. Only having two points at which the hatch secured (the ends of the T-bar) would have been a weak point. This likely prompted a later redesign that used a three point dogging system. | <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">Two rare photos of S-2 around the time of her completion, early 1920 at the Lake yard in Bridgeport, CT. The boat seems to be very clean and new, indicating that it has recently been completed but not yet commissioned. Note that the 4"/50 caliber gun has not yet been installed on the forward gun deck. The purpose of the vertical tube on the forward end of the bridge fairwater is not entirely clear, but is likely to be a combination of ventilation pipe for the for the battery compartment and support mast for navigation lights. The view from aft shows good details of the hatch closure mechanism, much different from the hatches seen in later years. This is essentially a T-bar that is engaged under the lip of the hatch when closed, with the hatch being tightened down by turning the handwheel. The T-bar would pull the hatch tightly down on to the seating surface. Only having two points at which the hatch secured (the ends of the T-bar) would have been a weak point. This likely prompted a later redesign that used a three point dogging system. | ||
<small>Photos in the private collection of Ric Hedman.</small> | <small>Photos in the private collection of Ric Hedman.</small> |
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Design and Construction Notes
Photos in the private collection of Ric Hedman.
A special note about this photo: An email correspondence on July 7, 2001 about this photo was the beginning of a 20+ year friendship between the webmasters of this site, Ric Hedman and David Johnston.
Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman.
All photos are provided from the private collection of the late Rick Larson.
The crew of the S-2 gathered around the deck gun for a formal photograph, July 12, 1921. The location is likely the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, ME. The crew was finishing up final preparations for a homeport change to the Asiatic Fleet in the Philippines. S-2's commanding officer, LT Lewis Hancock, Jr. is the officer in the center left. In the background is a Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser.
Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman.
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