| Ships |
|---|
| Hull No. |
Ship Name |
Laid Down |
Launch |
Comm |
Status |
|
SS 188 |
SARGO |
5/12/1937 |
6/6/1938 |
2/7/1939 |
Sold for scrap, May 1947. |
|
SS 189 |
SAURY |
6/28/1937 |
8/20/1938 |
4/3/1939 |
Sold for scrap, May 1947. Scrapped Oct 1947. |
|
SS 190 |
SPEARFISH |
9/9/1937 |
10/29/1938 |
7/17/1939 |
Sold for scrap, May 1947. Scrapped Oct 1947. |
|
SS 191 |
SCULPIN |
9/7/1937 |
7/27/1938 |
1/16/1939 |
Sunk by Japanese during surface attack off Caroline Islands, 19 Nov 1943 (12 killed, 51 died as prisoners) |
|
SS 192 |
SAILFISH |
10/18/1937 |
9/14/1938 |
3/1/1939 |
SQUALUS sank during test dive off Portsmouth N.H. 23 May 1939, 26 men drowned. 33 rescued using McCann rescue chamber. Raised 13 Sep 1939, recommissioned as SAILFISH. Sold for scrap, June 1948. |
|
SS 193 |
SWORDFISH |
10/27/1937 |
4/1/1939 |
7/22/1939 |
Sunk by Japanese while operating off Okinawa 12 Jan 1945. 89 men lost. |
|
SS 194 |
SEADRAGON |
4/18/1938 |
4/11/1939 |
10/23/1939 |
Stricken 30 Apr 1948. |
|
SS 195 |
SEALION |
6/20/1938 |
5/25/1939 |
11/27/1939 |
Damaged by Japanese air attack 10 Dec 1941 at Cavite Navy Yard, Phillipines; scuttled 25 Dec 1941. First World War Two US submarine lost. |
|
SS 196 |
SEARAVEN |
8/9/1938 |
6/21/1939 |
10/2/1939 |
Bikini atomic test target July 1946; suffered negligible damage, subsequently sunk as target 11 Sep 1948 in tests (off California coast?). |
|
SS 197 |
SEAWOLF |
9/27/1938 |
8/15/1939 |
12/1/1939 |
Sunk, probably by U.S. forces off New Guinea, 3 Oct 1944 (99 killed), could also have been unrecorded enemy ASW action. |
