USS S-3 (SS-107)
USS S-3 (SS-107)
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| Name: | USS S-3 |
| Builder: | Portsmouth Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 29 August 1917 |
| Launched: | 21 December 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 30 January 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 March 1931 |
| Struck: | 25 January 1937 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
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| Class and type: | S-class submarine |
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| Length: | 131 ft (40 m) |
| Beam: | 21 ft 10 in (6.65 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) |
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| Complement: | 38 officers and men |
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USS S-3 (SS-107) was the prototype of the "Government-type" S-class submarines of the United States Navy. (S-1 was the "Holland-type" prototype and S-2 the "Lake-type".) Her keel was laid down on 29 August 1917 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 21 December 1918 sponsored by Mrs. William L. Hill, and commissioned on 30 January 1919 with Commander John W. Lewis in command.
Following outfitting and trials, S-3 began her career with training operations along the New England coast operating out of Portsmouth and New London, Connecticut. In 1920, she twice visited Havana, Cuba: first in January, and again in December.
In July 1921, she was attached to Submarine Division 12 (SubDiv 12) which, along with SubDiv 18, was to rendezvous off Portsmouth for the longest voyage on record, at that time, for American submarines. The two divisions were assigned to the Asiatic Fleet as Submarine Flotilla 3 (SubFlot 3) at the Cavite Naval Station in the Philippine Islands. They sailed via the Panama Canal to Pearl Harbor, where S-3 was detached and reassigned to operate on the West Coast from Mare Island, California. The two divisions continued on and successfully completed the voyage, arriving at Cavite on 1 December.
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