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=== <big>Design and Construction Notes</big> === | === <big>Design and Construction Notes</big> === | ||
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">These thirteen boats were one of | <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">These thirteen boats were one of three contracts awarded to the Electric Boat Company of New York City (later Groton, CT.). Electric Boat did not have a construction yard yet at its NELSECO engine plant in Groton, so these boats were sub-contracted to the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, MA. By the time of the start of construction, the yard had been sold to Bethlehem Steel, and was officially known as Bethlehem Quincy. These boats were all single hull submarines, with all ballast tanks inside the pressure hull. | ||
S-1 was the first boat of the group completed, and while she was running trials she encountered severe torsional vibrations in her NELSECO 8-EB-15 diesel engines, [https://pigboats.icci.llc/images/b/b9/The_Devil_in_the_Details_TSR_version.pdf '''bad enough that the engines were completely wrecked''']. A defect was found in the design of the crankshaft. The process of getting this problem fixed was a long and drawn-out affair, greatly delaying the introduction of these boats to the fleet. However, once fixed these boats provided great service to the fleet, with many of them serving through WWII. | S-1 was the first boat of the group completed, and while she was running trials she encountered severe torsional vibrations in her NELSECO 8-EB-15 diesel engines, [https://pigboats.icci.llc/images/b/b9/The_Devil_in_the_Details_TSR_version.pdf '''bad enough that the engines were completely wrecked''']. A defect was found in the design of the crankshaft. The process of getting this problem fixed was a long and drawn-out affair, greatly delaying the introduction of these boats to the fleet. However, once fixed these boats provided great service to the fleet, with many of them serving through WWII. |
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Design and Construction Notes
S-1 was the first boat of the group completed, and while she was running trials she encountered severe torsional vibrations in her NELSECO 8-EB-15 diesel engines, bad enough that the engines were completely wrecked. A defect was found in the design of the crankshaft. The process of getting this problem fixed was a long and drawn-out affair, greatly delaying the introduction of these boats to the fleet. However, once fixed these boats provided great service to the fleet, with many of them serving through WWII.
For more information, please see the article at this link.S-1 (SS-105)
![USN photo from the Rick Larson Collection, now in the private collection of Ric Hedman.](/images/thumb/c/ca/Uss_s1_launch.jpg/500px-Uss_s1_launch.jpg)
S-18 (SS-123)
![U.S. Navy photo.](/images/thumb/d/d7/S-18barge2.jpg/500px-S-18barge2.jpg)
S-19 (SS-124)
![USN photo # 19-N-12152, from the National Archives and Records Administration](/images/thumb/3/3a/S-19_A.jpg/500px-S-19_A.jpg)
S-20 (SS-125)
![USN photo # NH 108000 via NHHC](/images/thumb/1/1f/S-20_trials.jpg/500px-S-20_trials.jpg)
S-21 (SS-126)
![Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman.](/images/7/73/S-21_A.jpg)
S-22 (SS-127)
![From an original photo negative in the private collection of Ric Hedman.](/images/thumb/0/04/S-22_gun_1.jpg/500px-S-22_gun_1.jpg)
S-23 (SS-128)
![USN photo # 80-G-466175, from National Archives and Records Administration.](/images/thumb/3/3e/S-23_A.jpg/500px-S-23_A.jpg)
S-24 (SS-129)
![Photo provided by John Marsh. His father, John Rodney Marsh collected the photo while on a reserve cruise in the early twenties.](/images/thumb/b/b5/S-24_stbd.jpg/500px-S-24_stbd.jpg)
S-25 (SS-130)
![U.S. Navy photo](/images/thumb/f/f2/S-25_stbd.jpg/500px-S-25_stbd.jpg)
S-26 (SS-131)*
![Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman.](/images/thumb/9/97/S-26_port_1.jpg/500px-S-26_port_1.jpg)
S-27 (SS-132)*
![Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman.](/images/9/9a/S-27_A.jpg)
The S-27 served the Navy well until 13 June 1942. On that date she was on patrol in the Aleutian Island chain off Alaska. In the black of night in poor visibility she ran aground on the rocks off the southern tip of the island of Amchitka. She was stuck fast and mounting seas started to batter the boat to pieces. Her entire crew escaped and spent the next 12 days marooned on the island until they were rescued by four PBY patrol planes. Unfortunately, the S-27 was a total loss. Her wreck was quickly broken up and destroyed by the sea action.
S-28 (SS-133)*
![](/images/b/be/S-28_A.jpg)
S-29 (SS-134)
![U.S. Navy photo.](/images/thumb/a/a8/S-29_A.jpg/500px-S-29_A.jpg)
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