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Submarines (SS) Built Before WWII

Most recent update: April 17, 2008.


 

Type # Name Shipbuilder Hull # LDT FY Delivered Disposition
SS 1 Holland Crescent Shipyard   64 1897 12-Oct-00 Sold 1913
SS 2 Plunger Crescent Shipyard   107 1900 19-Sep-03 Sold 1922
SS 3 Adder Crescent Shipyard   107 1901 12-Jan-03 Sunk as target 1922
SS 4 Grampus Union Iron Works 76 107 1901 28-May-03 Sunk as target 1922
SS 5 Moccasin Crescent Shipyard   107 1901 17-Jan-03 Sunk as target 1922
SS 6 Pike Union Iron Works 77 107 1901 28-May-03 Sunk as target 1922
SS 7 Porpoise Crescent Shipyard   107 1901 19-Sep-03 Sunk as target 1922
SS 8 Shark Crescent Shipyard   107 1901 19-Sep-03 Sunk as target 1922
SS 9 Octopus Fore River Sbldg. 128 275 1905 30-Jun-08 Scrapped 1922
SS 10 Viper Fore River Sbldg. 129 173 1905 18-Oct-07 Sunk as target 1922
SS 11 Cuttlefish Fore River Sbldg. 130 173 1905 18-Oct-07 Sunk as target 1922
SS 12 Tarantula Fore River Sbldg. 131 173 1905 3-Dec-07 Sunk as target 1922
SS 13 Stingray Fore River Sbldg. 152 275 1908 23-Nov-09 Scrapped 1922
SS 14 Tarpon Fore River Sbldg. 153 275 1908 23-Nov-09 Scrapped 1922
SS 15 Bonita Fore River Sbldg. 154 275 1908 23-Nov-09 Scrapped 1922
SS 16 Snapper Fore River Sbldg. 155 275 1908 2-Feb-10 Scrapped 1922
SS 17 Narwhal Fore River Sbldg. 156 337 1908 23-Nov-09 Scrapped 1922
SS 18 Grayling Fore River Sbldg. 157 337 1908 23-Nov-09 Scrapped 1922
SS 19 Salmon Fore River Sbldg. 158 337 1908 8-Sep-10 Scrapped 1922
SS   G-1 Newport News Sbldg. 119 516 1908 28-Oct-12 Sunk as target 1922
SS 20 F-1 Union Iron Works 94 330 1909 19-Jun-12 Sunk in collision 1917
SS 21 F-2 Union Iron Works 95 330 1909 25-Jun-12 Scrapped 1922
SS 22 F-3 Moran Sbldg. 55 330 1909 5-Aug--12 Sunk after collision 1917
SS 23 F-4 Moran Sbldg. 56 330 1909 3-May-13 Sold 1922
SS 24 E-1 Fore River Sbldg. 179 342 1909 14-Feb-12 Scrapped 1922
SS 25 E-2 Fore River Sbldg. 180 342 1909 14-Feb-12 Scrapped 1922
SS 26 G-4 Cramp Shipbuilding 354 360 1909 22-Jan-14 Scrapped 1920
SS 27 G-2 Newport News Sbldg. 120 516 1909 15-May-12 Foundered off New London 1919
SS 28 H-1 Union Iron Works 99 358 1910 1-Dec-13 Wrecked 1920
SS 29 H-2 Union Iron Works 100 358 1910 1-Dec-13 Scrapped 1931
SS 30 H-3 Moran Sbldg. 59 358 1910 16-Jan-14 Scrapped 1931
SS 31 G-3 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   393 1910 22-Mar-15 Sold 1922
SS 32 K-1 Fore River Sbldg. 198 521 1911 17-Mar-14 Scrapped 1931
SS 33 K-2 Fore River Sbldg. 199 521 1911 31-Jan-14 Scrapped 1931
SS 34 K-3 Union Iron Works 101 392 1911 30-Oct-14 Scrapped 1931
SS 35 K-4 Moran Sbldg. 62 392 1911 24-Oct-14 Scrapped 1931
SS 36 K-5 Fore River Sbldg. 203 521 1912 22-Aug-14 Scrapped 1931
SS 37 K-6 Fore River Sbldg. 204 521 1912 9-Sep-14 Scrapped 1931
SS 38 K-7 Union Iron Works 103 392 1912 1-Dec-14 Scrapped 1931
SS 39 K-8 Union Iron Works 104 392 1912 1-Dec-14 Scrapped 1931
SS 40 L 1 Fore River Sbldg. 219 548 1913 11-Apr-16 Scrapped 1922
SS 41 L-2 Fore River Sbldg. 220 548 1913 29-Sep-16 Scrapped 1933
SS 42 L-3 Fore River Sbldg. 221 548 1913 22-Apr-16 Scrapped 1933
SS 43 L-4 Fore River Sbldg. 222 548 1913 4-May-16 Scrapped 1922
SS 44 L-5 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   456 1913 17-Feb-18 Scrapped 1925
SS 45 L-6 Craig Shipbuilding   456 1913 7-Dec-17 Scrapped 1925
SS 46 L-7 Craig Shipbuilding   456 1913 7-Dec-17 Scrapped 1925
SS 47 M-1 Fore River Sbldg. 223 676 1913 16-Feb-18 Scrapped 1922
SS 48 L-8 Portsmouth NSY   456 1914 30-Aug-17 Scrapped 1926
SS 49 L-9 Fore River Sbldg. 227 548 1914 4-Aug-16 Scrapped 1934
SS 50 L-8 Fore River Sbldg. 228 548 1914 2-Aug-16 Scrapped 1922
SS 51 L-11 Fore River Sbldg. 229 548 1914 15-Aug-16 Scrapped 1933
SS 52 AA-1 Fore River Sbldg. 246 1,482 1915 30-Jan-20 Scrapped 1931
SS 53 N-1 Todd Dry Dock 82 348 1915 26-Sep-17 Scrapped 1931
SS 54 N-2 Todd Dry Dock 83 348 1915 26-Sep-17 Scrapped 1931
SS 55 N-3 Todd Dry Dock 84 348 1915 26-Sep-17 Scrapped 1931
SS 56 N-4 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   331 1915 15-Jun-18 Sold 1922
SS 57 N-5 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   331 1915 13-Jun-18 Sold 1922
SS 58 N-6 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   331 1915 9-Jul-18 Sold 1922
SS 59 N-7 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   331 1915 15-Jun-18 Sold 1922
SS 60 AA-2 Fore River Sbldg. 270 1,482 1916 7-Jan-21 Scrapped 1930
SS 61 AA-3 Fore River Sbldg. 271 1,482 1916 7-Dec-20 Scrapped 1930
SS 62 O-1 Portsmouth NSY   521 1916 5-Nov-18 Scrapped 1938
SS 63 O-2 Puget Sound NSY   521 1916 19-Oct-18 Scrapped 1945
SS 64 O-3 Fore River Sbldg. 256 624 1916 13-Jun-18 Scrapped 1946
SS 65 O-4 Fore River Sbldg. 257 624 1916 28-May-18 Scrapped 1946
SS 66 O-5 Fore River Sbldg. 258 624 1916 8-Jun-18 Sunk in collision off Panama 1923
SS 67 O-6 Fore River Sbldg. 259 624 1916 12-Jun-18 Scrapped 1946
SS 68 O-7 Fore River Sbldg. 260 624 1916 4-Jul-18 Scrapped 1946
SS 69 O-8 Fore River Sbldg. 261 624 1916 11-Jul-18 Scrapped 1946
SS 70 O-9 Fore River Sbldg. 262 624 1916 27-Jul-18 Foundered off Maine 1941
SS 71 O-10 Fore River Sbldg. 263 624 1916 17-Aug-18 Scrapped 1946
SS 72 O-11 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   491 1916 19-Oct-18 Scrapped 1930
SS 73 O-12 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   491 1916 19-Oct-18 Scrapped 1930
SS 74 O-13 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   491 1916 27-Nov-18 Scrapped 1930
SS 75 O-14 California Shipbuilding   491 1916 1-Oct-18 Scrapped 1930
SS 76 O-15 California Shipbuilding   491 1916 27-Aug-18 Scrapped 1930
SS 77 O-16 California Shipbuilding   491 1916 1-Aug-18 Scrapped 1930
SS 78 R-1 Fore River Sbldg. 282 680 1917 16-Dec-18 Scrapped 1946
SS 79 R-2 Fore River Sbldg. 283 680 1917 24-Jan-19 Scrapped 1946
SS 80 R-3 Fore River Sbldg. 284 680 1917 17-Apr-19 To Britain 1941 as P-511, scrapped 1948
SS 81 R-4 Fore River Sbldg. 285 680 1917 28-Mar-19 Scrapped 1946
SS 82 R-5 Fore River Sbldg. 286 680 1917 15-Apr-19 Scrapped 1946
SS 83 R-6 Fore River Sbldg. 287 680 1917 1-May-19 Scrapped 1946
SS 84 R-7 Fore River Sbldg. 288 680 1917 12-Jun-19 Scrapped 1946
SS 85 R-8 Fore River Sbldg. 289 680 1917 21-Jul-19 Foundered 1936
SS 86 R-9 Fore River Sbldg. 290 680 1917 30-Jul-19 Scrapped 1946
SS 87 R-10 Fore River Sbldg. 291 680 1917 20-Aug-19 Scrapped 1946
SS 88 R-11 Fore River Sbldg. 292 680 1917 5-Sep-19 Scrapped 1948
SS 89 R-12 Fore River Sbldg. 293 680 1917 23-Sep-19 Foundered 1943
SS 90 R-13 Fore River Sbldg. 294 680 1917 17-Oct-19 Scrapped 1946
SS 91 R-14 Fore River Sbldg. 295 680 1917 24-Dec-19 Scrapped 1946
SS 92 R-15 Union Iron Works 173 569 1917 27-Jul-18 Scrapped 1946
SS 93 R-16 Union Iron Works 174 569 1917 5-Aug-18 Scrapped 1946
SS 94 R-17 Union Iron Works 175 569 1917 17-Aug-18 To Britain 1942 as P-512, scrapped 1945
SS 95 R-18 Union Iron Works 176 569 1917 11-Sep-18 Scrapped 1946
SS 96 R-19 Union Iron Works 177 569 1917 2-Oct-18 To Britain 1942 as P-514, rammed and sunk in the North Atlantic 1942
SS 97 R-20 Union Iron Works 178 569 1917 7-Oct-18 Scrapped 1946
SS 98 R-21 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   495 1917 17-Jun-19 Scrapped 1930
SS 99 R-22 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   495 1917 1-Aug-19 Scrapped 1930
SS 100 R-23 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   495 1917 23-Oct-19 Scrapped 1930
SS 101 R-24 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   495 1917 27-Jun-19 Scrapped 1930
SS 102 R-25 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   495 1917 23-Oct-19 Scrapped 1930
SS 103 R-26 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   495 1917 23-Oct-19 Scrapped 1930
SS 104 R-27 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   495 1917 3-Sep-19 Scrapped 1930
SS 105 S-1 Fore River Sbldg. 296 1,062 1917 5-Jun-20 To Britain 1942 as P-552, scrapped 1946
SS 106 S-2 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   800 1917 25-May-20 Scrapped 1930
SS 107 S-3 Portsmouth NSY   876 1917 30-Jan-19 Scrapped 1937
SS 108             Never built
SS 109 S-4 Portsmouth NSY   876 1918 19-Nov-19 Scuttled 1936
SS 110 S-5 Portsmouth NSY   876 1918 6-Mar-20 Foundered off Delaware 1920
SS 111 S-6 Portsmouth NSY   876 1918 17-May-20 Scrapped 1937
SS 112 S-7 Portsmouth NSY   876 1918 1-Jul-20 Scrapped 1937
SS 113 S-8 Portsmouth NSY   876 1918 1-Oct-20 Scrapped 1937
SS 114 S-9 Portsmouth NSY   876 1918 21-Feb-21 Scrapped 1937
SS 115 S-10 Portsmouth NSY   876 1918 21-Sep-22 Scrapped 1937
SS 116 S-11 Portsmouth NSY   876 1918 11-Jan-23 Scrapped 1945
SS 117 S-12 Portsmouth NSY   876 1918 30-Apr-23 Scrapped 1945
SS 118 S-13 Portsmouth NSY   876 1918 14-Jul-23 Scrapped 1945
SS 119 S-14 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   876 1918 11-Feb-21 Sold 1945
SS 120 S-15 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   876 1918 15-Jan-21 Sold 1946
SS 121 S-16 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   876 1918 17-Dec-20 Sunk 1945
SS 122 S-17 Lake Torpedo Boat Co.   876 1918 1-Mar-21 Sunk 1945
SS 123 S-19 Fore River Sbldg. 309 1,062 1918 3-Apr-24 Scrapped 1946
SS 124 S-18 Fore River Sbldg. 310 1,062 1918 24-Aug-21 Sunk off Pearl Harbor1938
SS 125 S-20 Fore River Sbldg. 311 1,062 1918 22-Nov-22 Scrapped 1946
SS 126 S-21 Fore River Sbldg. 312 1,062 1918 24-Aug-21 To Britain 1942 as P-553, sunk as target 1945
SS 127 S-22 Fore River Sbldg. 313 1,062 1918 23-Jun-24 To Britain 1942 as P-554, scrapped 1945
SS 128 S-23 Fore River Sbldg. 314 1,062 1918 30-Oct-23 Scrapped 1946
SS 129 S-24 Fore River Sbldg. 315 1,062 1918 24-Aug-23 To Britain 1942 as P-555, sunk as target 1947
SS 130 S-25 Fore River Sbldg. 316 1,062 1918 9-Jul-23 To Britain 1941 as P-551, to Poland 1941 as Jastrzab, lost 1942
SS 131 S-26 Fore River Sbldg. 317 1,062 1918 15-Oct-23 Sunk in collision off Panama 1942
SS 132 S-27 Fore River Sbldg. 318 1,062 1918 22-Jan-24 Wrecked in the Aleutians 1942
SS 133 S-28 Fore River Sbldg. 319 1,062 1918 13-Dec-23