Submarine S-46 (SS-157)

S-46

Country	United States
Ship Class	S-class Submarine
Hull Number	SS-157
Builder	Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard
Laid Down	23 Feb 1921
Launched	11 Sep 1923
Commissioned	5 Jun 1925
Decommissioned	2 Nov 1945
Displacement	903 tons standard; 1,126 tons submerged
Length	225 feet
Beam	21 feet
Draft	13 feet
Machinery	Diesel-eletric engines with two screws
Bunkerage	46,363 gal
Power Output	1,200 shaft horsepower
Speed	14 knots
Crew	38
Armament	4x21" torpedo tubes with 12 torpedoes, 1x4" deck gun

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseS-46 patrolled off New Britain, off Solomons Islands, off eastern New Guinea, and off the Aleutians during WW2. She was assigned back to San Diego to participate in anti-submarine training near the end of the war.

ww2dbaseSource: Naval Historical Center.

Last Major Revision: Aug 2005

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USS S-27, USS S-46, and USS S-29 at the Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 2 Jan 1924

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5 Jun 1925	S-46 was commissioned into service.
2 Nov 1945	S-46 was decommissioned from service.

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