USSS-25
![]() USSS-25in 1923 or 1924, possibly offNew London,Connecticut.
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Name | USSS-25 |
Builder | Fore River Shipyard,Quincy,Massachusetts |
Laid down | 26 October 1918 |
Launched | 29 May 1922 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Vera Hobart Schlabach |
Commissioned | 9 July 1923 |
Decommissioned | 4 November 1941 |
Fate | Transferred toUnited Kingdom4 November 1941 |
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Name | HMSP.551 |
Acquired | 4 November 1941 |
Fate | Loaned toPolish government-in-exile4 November 1941 |
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Name | ORPJastrząb |
Namesake | Hawk |
Acquired | 4 November 1941 |
Commissioned | 4 November 1941 |
Fate | Sunk 2 May 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | S-classsubmarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 219 ft 3 in (66.83 m) |
Beam | 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 11 in (4.85 m) |
Speed |
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Complement | 42 officers and men |
Armament |
USSS-25(SS-130)was a first-group (S-1or "Holland" )S-class submarineof theUnited States Navy.
Construction and commissioning
[edit]S-25waslaid downon 26 October 1918 by theFore River ShipbuildingCorporation inQuincy,Massachusetts.She waslaunchedon 29 May 1922. sponsored by Mrs. Vera Hobart Schlabach, wife of Ross P. Schlabach,USN,andcommissionedon 9 July 1923.
Service history
[edit]U.S. Navy
[edit]OperatingNew London,Connecticut,in 1923,S-25participated in winter maneuvers in theCaribbean Seaand thePanama Canal Zonearea from January to April 1924. Then transferred to theUnited States West Coast,she operated primarily in the waters offSouthern Californiauntil 1931.Fleet Problemsanddivisionexercises during that period took her back to thePanama Canalarea from March to May 1927, toHawaiiin 1927 and 1928, to the Panama Canal area again in February 1929, and toHawaiiagain in 1930.
Transferred again,S-25departedSan Diego,California,on 15 April 1931 and arrived atPearl Harbor,Hawaii, on 25 April 1931. She operated inHawaiian watersuntil 1939.
S-25cleared Pearl Harbor to return to theUnited States East Coaston 16 June 1939 and arrived at New London on 25 August 1939. Voyage repairs followed, and in February 1940 she was assigned to a test and evaluation division at New London. In December 1940 she was detached and ordered toKey West,Florida,where she provided training services until May 1941. She then returned to New London to prepare for transfer to theUnited Kingdomunder the terms of theLend-Leaseagreement. She was decommissioned on 4 November 1941.
Royal Navy
[edit]On the day of her decommissioning,S-25was transferred to the United Kingdom, which renamed her HMSP.551.Later the same day, however, theRoyal Navyloaned her to thePolish Navy.
Polish Navy
[edit]Polish NavyLieutenant CommanderBolesław RomanowskiacceptedP.551on behalf of thePolish government-in-exile.The Polish Navy commissioned her immediately asORPJastrząbforWorld War IIservice.
While traveling in anAlliedconvoynearNorway,Jastrzabstrayed some 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) off her proper course[citation needed],and on 2 May 1942 was mistakenly sunk byfriendly fireby the BritishdestroyerHMSSt Albans(ex-USSThomas(DD-182)) andminesweeperHMSSeagull.
References
[edit]This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.The entry can be foundhere.
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- United States S-class submarines
- Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts
- 1922 ships
- Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Navy
- Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Polish Navy
- Maritime incidents in May 1942
- Friendly fire incidents of World War II
- United States submarine stubs