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USS S-20 SS 125 at the US Naval Acadamy in July of 1945
while on her way to Philadelphia to be decommissioned.
The barracks ship in the background is the Cumberland (IX-8).
Many thanks to Gary Priolo of NAVSOURCE for identifying the location and the Cumberland.

USS S-20 SS 125 in the Canal Zone. The S-20 was used as a test
platform for the "new" fleet submarine bow design.

USS S-20 SS125

USS S-20 SS125 underway
Photo provided by Stan Lintner, his father, Harold Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman

USS S-20 torpedo room door. Officer entering torpedoroom.
Photo provided by Stan Lintner, his father, Harold Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman

USS S-20 torpedo room loading torpedo in tube

USS S-20 torpedo room. Loading torpedo into a torpedo tube.
Photo provided by Stan Lintner, his father, Harold Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman

USS S-20 crews berthing area.
Photo provided by Stan Lintner, his father, Harold Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman

USS S-20 navigators. Quartermaster and Navigation officer plot a position.
Photo provided by Stan Lintner, his father, Harold Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman

USS S-20 dive station.
Diving Officer keeps track of the bow and stern planesmen as they hold depth.
Photo provided by Stan Lintner, his father, Harold Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman

USS S-20 crewsmess. Crew at one of 4 meals served each day at sea.
Photo provided by Stan Lintner, his father, Harold Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman

USS S-20 engineroom.
Photo provided by Stan Lintner, his father, Harold Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman

USS S-20 crewman working in the engineroom

USS S-20 crewman working outboard an engine in the engineroom
The curve of the hull can be seen on the right side of the photo.
Photo provided by Stan Lintner, his father, Harold Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman

USS S-20 maneuvering room.
This is where the electrical power was distributed throughout the boat.
The large wheels controled the flow of electricity to the motors from the batteries.
Photo provided by Stan Lintner, his father, Harold Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman

USS S-20 battery charging and distribution panel.
Electrician pointing out features of the system to new crew members.
Photo provided by Stan Lintner, his father, Harold Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman

USS S-20 bow viewed through the periscope.
A fairly choppy sea can be seen running.
Photo provided by Stan Lintner, his father, Harold Lintner, served aboard the H-8 as a Chief Radioman

USS S-21 SS 126

USS S-21 with civilians on board. Could be a dependents cruise
or some dignitaries. Woman standing next to deck gun has high heels on.

Civilians and S-21 deck gun. Notice woman with high heeled shoes

USS S-22 SS 127

USS S-22 SS 127
Inscription reads: "Portsmouth, N.H. USS Submarine S-22 General View Forward looking aft.
Showing Changes in the Superstructure (Marker Buoy and Escape Hatch and Lifting eyes)
November 21, 1929." This was probably in response to the 1923 sinking and recovery of the
USS O-5 and the 1927 sinking with the loss of all hands and recovery of the USS S-4 in 1928.
The problems with getting pontoons and buoys attached to the hulls to lift the submarines
was a real issue. The attaching of the lifting eyes to the hull was one answer to this.

USS S-22 with the newly designed escape hatch.
Milne Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, N.H.

A Navy Lt. is operating the side egress door.
Milne Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, N.H.

Close up of escape hatch mechanisms
Milne Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, N.H.

Stern of the S-22 showing marker bouy and engineroom hatch

November 21, 1929.
Stern of the S-22 showing the marker buoy and the motor room escape hatch.
Milne Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, N.H.

USS S-22 moored in New York. Date unknown.

USS S-22 moored in New York City, circa the 1930s.
Inboard submarines are (left-to-right):
R-1 (SS-78); R-13 (SS-90) and R-4 (SS-81).

S-22 with R boats, (see above)

S-22 Officers & Crew 1941.

Officers, seated in front center, are (left-to-right):
Lieutenant Joseph F. Enright , USN;
Lieutenant Commander George H. Wales , USN, CO;
Lieutenant Ernest S. Friedrick , USN;
Ensign Alvin E. Kirstein , USNR.
Harold Lintner, CRM just to the left of the two black Stewardsmates

USS S-24 in heavy seas. Location unknown, circa 1920's
Photo provided by John Marsh. His father, John Rodney Marsh collected the photo while on a reserve cruise in the early twenties.

USS S-25 in a 1933 photo

USS S-25 crew on January 22, 1936

USS S-25 crew

Deep Dive certificate, USS S-25. Depth of 213 feet.

Deep Dive certificate close up.
Date of dive is given as February 28, 1935
at 213 feet in depth at Lat. 20 - 44 - 54N
and Long 156 - 35 - 57 W off Lahaina, Territory of Hawaii.

USS S-25 moored at St. Thomas US V.I. circa 1920's

USS S-25 moored at St. Thomas US V.I.
Crew close-up. Man just to the right of the "5" is drawing water with a bucket from over the side.
Other crew are relaxing in the shade. circa 1920's

USS S-25 moored at St. Thomas US V.I.
Crew close-up. Crew is doing laundry and airing bedding. circa 1920's

S-25 during turning over ceremony to Polish Navy.
The boat renamed ORP Jastrzab (ORP means Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej,
or Polish Republic Ship; Jastrzab is Polish for Hawk)
Photo provided by Leszek Erenfeicht of Poland

Raising the Polish flag on the newly commisioned
submarine Jastrazab (ex-S-25) of the Polish Navy.
Photo provided by Leszek Erenfeicht of Poland

Polish sailors relaxing on the newly commisioned submarine Jastrazab (ex-S-25).
Photo provided by Leszek Erenfeicht of Poland

Photo taken from the bridge of the submarine Jastrazab (ex-S-25).
Photo provided by Leszek Erenfeicht of Poland

The new Commanding Officer,
Kapitan (Polish for full Lt.) Boleslaw Romanowski
of the submarine Jastrazab (ex-S-25) with US sailor in New London.
Photo provided by Leszek Erenfeicht of Poland

USS S-26 in San Diego harbor circa 1930's

S-26 crewman standing on bow. It apears he is holding a "heevy"
(a light weight line weighted to toss to the pier or other vessel),
used to haul a heavier line used to moor a vessel.

The USS S-26 sailors cleaning deck gun barrel.
The submarine must have been out at gun practice for the
day and the crew are cleaning it with a ramrod cleaning tool.

S-26 bridge detail.

Line handlers on back deck.
A ships gig with officers in it is seen in the background.

S-27 SS 132
Click here for a nice S-27 web page with interior shots.

USS S-27 SS 132
In Dry Dock circa 1930, possibly Mare Island Shipyard since the boats
with her in the dry dock were all reported to be at Mare Island at that time too.

5 S-boats in dry dock together. circa 1925 Mare Island

5 S-boats in dry dock together. circa 1930, Mare Island.
L - R: Possibly the USS S-19 and USS S-18 as well as USS S-27
The two S-boats aft of these can not be identified.

USS S-28 SS 133

The USS S-29 (SS 134) circa 1930's
The crew has pulled what apears to be a deck hatch open and are stowing mooring lines in it.
The USS S-29 was a Lend Lease boat to Great Britain in WW II and served as the H.M.S. P556.
After the war she was to be scraped but ran aground off Portsmouth, England.
The hull was still intact as late as 1976.
She was then cut up and taken to Spain as scrap in 1986-1987.

S-30 at Annapolis, MD 1938

USS S-30 SS 135
Harry Fields sitting at a deck gun position.
Photo courtesy of Carolyn Fields Snider whose Uncle, Harry Fields took the photos or is in them.

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