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|Ship struck=12 December 1936<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
|Ship struck=12 December 1936<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/>
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|Ship type=[[United States S-class submarine|S-class]] direct-drive [[diesel-electric]] submarine, ''S-1'' type<ref name="Register"/>
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|Ship complement=38 men<ref name="Register"/>
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|Ship armament=*4 × bow [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s (12 [[torpedo]]es)<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
|Ship armament=*4 × bow [[American 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s (12 [[torpedo]]es)<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-specs"/>
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'''USS ''S-19'' (SS-124)''' was a first-group (''S-1'' or "Holland") [[United States S-class submarine|S-class]] [[submarine]] of the [[United States Navy]].
'''USS ''S-19'' (SS-124)''' was a first-group (''S-1'' or "Holland") [[United States S-class submarine|S-class]] [[submarine]] of the [[United States Navy]]. She was in commission from 1921 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1934 and served in both the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]s.


==Construction and commissioning==
==Construction and commissioning==
''S-19''′s [[keel]] was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] on 15 August 1918 by the [[Electric Boat]] Company in [[New York City]] on subcontract to [[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation]]'s [[Fore River Shipyard]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]. She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 21 June 1920, sponsored by Miss Genevieve Kittinger (daughter of [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] T. A. Kittinger, U.S. Navy inspector of ordnance), and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 24 August 1921 with [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] Percy T. Wright in command.
''S-19''′s [[keel]] was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] on 15 August 1918 by the [[Electric Boat]] Company in [[New York City]] on subcontract to [[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation]]'s [[Fore River Shipyard]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]. She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 21 June 1920, sponsored by Miss Genevieve Kittinger (daughter of [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] T. A. Kittinger, U.S. Navy inspector of ordnance), and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 24 August 1921.


==Service history==
==Service history==
After preliminary [[Shakedown (testing)|shakedown]] operations, ''S-19'' was decommissioned and returned to the contractor on 8 March 1922 for further work to remedy defects revealed in her first weeks of operation. Upon her return to the [[United States Navy]], ''S-19'' recommissioned at [[Groton, Connecticut]], on 6 January 1923, with [[Lieutenant Commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] William J. Butler in command.
After preliminary [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] operations, ''S-19'' was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] and returned to the contractor on 8 March 1922 for further work to remedy defects revealed in her first weeks of operation. Upon her return to the [[United States Navy]], ''S-19'' recommissioned at [[Groton, Connecticut|Groton]], [[Connecticut]], on 6 January 1923.


[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13032, Florida, Gestrandetes amerikanisches U-Boot.jpg|left|thumb|A photograph of the stranded ''S-19'' off [[Chatham, Massachusetts|Chatham]], [[Massachusetts]], in January 1925]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13032, Florida, Gestrandetes amerikanisches U-Boot.jpg|left|thumb|A photograph of the stranded ''S-19'' off [[Chatham, Massachusetts|Chatham]], [[Massachusetts]], in January 1925]]
''S-19'' operated off the [[Northeastern United States|northeastern coast]] of the [[United States]] from 1923 to 1930, taking part in fleet exercises off [[Panama]] in the early months of each year. This routine was interrupted in the foggy, early hours of 13 January 1925, when the submarine ran aground off [[Chatham, Massachusetts|Chatham]], Massachusetts, on the southern coast of [[Cape Cod]], after strong winds and unusually heavy seas had pushed her far from her course. She had departed [[Portsmouth Navy Yard]] in [[Kittery, Maine|Kittery]], [[Maine]], the previous afternoon after overhaul, and was en route to [[New London, Connecticut|New London]], [[Connecticut]]. The [[United States Coast Guard]] [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutters]] {{USCGC|Tampa|WPG-48|2}} and {{USCGC|Acushnet|1908|2}} came to ''S-19''{{'}}s assistance, as did life-saving crews from two nearby Coast Guard stations. Heavy seas made it impossible to pass a line to the grounded submarine or to reach her by boat until late on the evening of 14 January, when a party from the [[Eastham, Massachusetts|Nauset]], Massachusetts, Coast Guard station succeeded in boarding. By the morning of 15 January, ''S-19''{{'}}s crew had been safely brought to shore. After strenuous effort by Navy [[Tugboat|tug]]s and the Coast Guard cutters, ''S-19'' was finally freed from the [[shoal]].
''S-19'' operated off the [[Northeastern United States|northeastern coast]] of the [[United States]] from 1923 to 1930, taking part in fleet exercises off [[Panama]] in the early months of each year. This routine was interrupted in the foggy, early hours of 13 January 1925, when the submarine ran aground off [[Chatham, Massachusetts|Chatham]], Massachusetts, on the southern coast of [[Cape Cod]], after strong winds and unusually heavy seas had pushed her far from her course. She had departed [[Portsmouth Navy Yard]] in [[Kittery, Maine|Kittery]], [[Maine]], the previous afternoon after overhaul, and was en route to [[New London, Connecticut|New London]], Connecticut. The [[United States Coast Guard]] [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutters]] {{USCGC|Tampa|WPG-48|2}} and {{USCGC|Acushnet|1908|2}} came to ''S-19''{{'}}s assistance, as did life-saving crews from two nearby Coast Guard stations. Heavy seas made it impossible to pass a line to the grounded submarine or to reach her by boat until late on the evening of 14 January, when a party from the [[Eastham, Massachusetts|Nauset]], Massachusetts, Coast Guard station succeeded in boarding. By the morning of 15 January, ''S-19''{{'}}s crew had been safely brought to shore. After strenuous effort by Navy [[Tugboat|tug]]s and the Coast Guard cutters, ''S-19'' was finally freed from the [[shoal]].


Repaired and returned to service with the fleet, ''S-19'' continued her Atlantic operations until 22 October 1930, when she departed New London for the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The submarine arrived at [[Pearl Harbor]]. [[Hawaii]], on 7 December 1930, and for the next three years operated from there. She was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] at Pearl Harbor on 10 February 1934.
Repaired and returned to service with the fleet, ''S-19'' continued her Atlantic operations until 22 October 1930, when she departed New London for the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The submarine arrived at [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]], on 7 December 1930, and for the next three years operated from there. She was decommissioned at Pearl Harbor on 10 February 1934.


==Disposal==
==Disposal==
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==In fiction==
==In fiction==
In [[Taylor Anderson]]'s ''[[Destroyermen]]'' series, ''S-19'' remains in service into [[World War II]] and is transported to an alternate Earth along with several other vessels, including the [[destroyer]]s {{USS|Walker|DD-163|6}} and {{USS|Mahan|DD-102|6}}.
In [[Taylor Anderson (author)|Taylor Anderson]]'s ''[[Destroyermen]]'' series, ''S-19'' remains in service into [[World War II]] and is transported to an alternate Earth along with several other vessels, including the [[destroyer]]s {{USS|Walker|DD-163|6}} and {{USS|Mahan|DD-102|6}}.


''S-19'' was featured in the ''[[Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth]]'' campaign ''Raid on Innsmouth''.
''S-19'' was featured in the ''[[Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth]]'' campaign ''Raid on Innsmouth''.

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USS S-19 on the Thames River at New London, Connecticut, sometime between 1923 and 1930
History
United States
NameUSS S-19
BuilderFore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts[1]
Laid down15 August 1918[1]
Launched21 June 1920[1]
Sponsored byMiss Genevieve Kittinger
Commissioned24 August 1921[1]
Decommissioned8 March 1922
Recommissioned6 January 1923
Decommissioned10 February 1934[1]
Stricken12 December 1936[1]
FateScuttled 18 December 1938[2]
General characteristics
TypeS-class direct-drive diesel-electric submarine, S-1 type[2]
Displacement
  • 854 long tons (868 t) surfaced, standard[2]
  • 1,062 long tons (1,079 t) submerged[2]
Length219 ft 3 in (66.83 m)[2]
Beam20 ft 8 in (6.30 m)[2]
Draft15 ft 11 in (4.85 m) mean[2]
Installed power
  • 1,200 hp (890 kW) (diesel engines)
  • 2,350 hp (1,750 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 14.5 kn (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h) surfaced[2]
  • 10.5 kn (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) submerged[2]
Endurance20 hours at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h)[3]
Test depth200 ft (61 m)[3]
Complement38 men[2]
Armament

USS S-19 (SS-124) was a first-group (S-1 or "Holland") S-class submarine of the United States Navy. She was in commission from 1921 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1934 and served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Construction and commissioning[edit]

S-19′s keel was laid down on 15 August 1918 by the Electric Boat Company in New York City on subcontract to Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 21 June 1920, sponsored by Miss Genevieve Kittinger (daughter of Commander T. A. Kittinger, U.S. Navy inspector of ordnance), and commissioned on 24 August 1921.

Service history[edit]

After preliminary shakedown operations, S-19 was decommissioned and returned to the contractor on 8 March 1922 for further work to remedy defects revealed in her first weeks of operation. Upon her return to the United States Navy, S-19 recommissioned at Groton, Connecticut, on 6 January 1923.

A photograph of the stranded S-19 off Chatham, Massachusetts, in January 1925

S-19 operated off the northeastern coast of the United States from 1923 to 1930, taking part in fleet exercises off Panama in the early months of each year. This routine was interrupted in the foggy, early hours of 13 January 1925, when the submarine ran aground off Chatham, Massachusetts, on the southern coast of Cape Cod, after strong winds and unusually heavy seas had pushed her far from her course. She had departed Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, the previous afternoon after overhaul, and was en route to New London, Connecticut. The United States Coast Guard cutters Tampa and Acushnet came to S-19's assistance, as did life-saving crews from two nearby Coast Guard stations. Heavy seas made it impossible to pass a line to the grounded submarine or to reach her by boat until late on the evening of 14 January, when a party from the Nauset, Massachusetts, Coast Guard station succeeded in boarding. By the morning of 15 January, S-19's crew had been safely brought to shore. After strenuous effort by Navy tugs and the Coast Guard cutters, S-19 was finally freed from the shoal.

Repaired and returned to service with the fleet, S-19 continued her Atlantic operations until 22 October 1930, when she departed New London for the Pacific Ocean. The submarine arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 7 December 1930, and for the next three years operated from there. She was decommissioned at Pearl Harbor on 10 February 1934.

Disposal[edit]

S-19 was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 December 1936. She was towed to sea and scuttled on 18 December 1938 in accordance with the terms of the Second London Naval Treaty.

In fiction[edit]

In Taylor Anderson's Destroyermen series, S-19 remains in service into World War II and is transported to an alternate Earth along with several other vessels, including the destroyers USS Walker and USS Mahan.

S-19 was featured in the Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth campaign Raid on Innsmouth.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 266–267. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
  4. ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 p. 258

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