The S-21

Back on my Dec. 5th blog, I wrote about the wreck of the US World War II submarine S-21 being found off the coast of Maine after being sunk in practice.

Here some facts about the vessel from dear old Wiki.

The S-21 (SS-126) was one of the first group of S-class submarines and launched August 1920 and commissioned August 1921.

It often served in the Panama Canal area until 1939, then went to New London, Ct, where it was maintained by a partial crew. In September 1940 it was returned to full duty. On Dec. 9th it sailed to the Panama Canal where it defended the Pacific approaches.

In June 1942, it was decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom as the HMS P.553. Returned to the US Navy in July 1944, it was again decommissioned and sunk in practice off the New England coast 23 March 1945.

It was 219 feet long, had a21 foot beam, 1X4 inch deck gun, 4 torpedo tubes and a crew of42,

It now sits upside down at 160 feet below the surface.

Now, You Know All About the S-21. --Da Coot