USS S-19

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
Laid down15 August 1918
Launched21 June 1920
Sponsored byMiss Genevieve Kittinger
Commissioned24 August 1921
Decommissioned8 March 1922
Recommissioned6 January 1923
Decommissioned10 February 1934
Stricken12 December 1936
FateScuttled 18 December 1938
General characteristics
TypeS-class direct-drive diesel-electric submarine, S-1 type
Displacement
  • 854 long tons (868 t) surfaced, standard
  • 1,062 long tons (1,079 t) submerged
Length219 ft 3 in (66.83 m)
Beam20 ft 8 in (6.30 m)
Draft15 ft 11 in (4.85 m) mean
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
  • 10.5 kn (12.1 mph; 19.4 km/h) submerged
Endurance20 hours at 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h)
Test depth200 ft (61 m)
Complement38 men
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.