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Photo # NH 41835: Miss Fennell, sister of MM1c John Joseph Fennell, who lost his life when USS S-4 was sunk, watches at the submarine rests in dry dock at the Boston Navy Yard, 20 March 1928

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-- EVENTS -- The 1920s -- 1920

Drydocking of USS S-4 (SS-109), March 1928 (Part II)


This page features additional views concerning drydocking and initial examination of the salvaged submarine S-4 in March 1928.

For more images related this subject, see:

  • Drydocking of USS S-4 (SS-109), March 1928; and
  • Sinking of USS S-4 (SS-109), 17 December 1927. Features interior and exterior views of damage suffered by S-4, taken after she was drydocked in March 1928.

    For other images related to USS S-4, see:

  • USS S-4 (Submarine # 109, later SS-109), 1919-1936.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 41816

    USS S-4
    (SS-109)

    In dry dock at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, circa 19-20 March 1928, after salvage.
    The original caption reads: "In memory of the historic crew. A huge cross of roses, the gift of workers at the Boston Navy Yard, is tied to the periscope of the ill-fated submarine S-4, after the eight bodies were removed from the undersea craft which is now in drydock at the Boston Navy Yard."
    Note the depth marking stick placed just forward of the submarine's fairwater during salvage operations.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41834

    USS S-4
    (SS-109)

    Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur (2nd from left) arrives at the dry dock to inspect the recently salvaged S-4. Photographed at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, on 20 March 1920.
    Also present are Rear Admiral Philip Andrews (left), Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard; Captain Ernest J. King (2nd from right); and Lieutenant Henry Hartley (right).
    Note the automobile at left, with an official Navy symbol on its door.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41824

    USS S-4
    (SS-109)

    Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur (on gangplank, in center) boarding the submarine during an inspection tour, soon after she was salvaged from the ocean off Provincetown, Massachusetts, where she was sunk in a collision with USCGC Paulding on 17 December 1927. Photographed in dry dock at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 20 March 1928.
    The Captain at the foot of the gangplank, awaiting Secretary Wilbur, is probably James D. Willson, Commander of the Receiving Ship at Boston. Rear Admiral Philip Andrews, Navy Yard Commandant, was also present.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 630 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41825

    USS S-4
    (SS-109)

    Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur (left center) inspecting the submarine, soon after she was salvaged from the ocean off Provincetown, Massachusetts, where she was sunk in a collision with USCGC Paulding on 17 December 1927. Photographed in dry dock at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 20 March 1928.
    The Captain with Secretary Wilbur is probably James D. Willson, Commander of the Receiving Ship at Boston. They are standing on S-4's deck, just above the hole in her starboard hull made by Paulding's prow. Rear Admiral Philip Andrews, Navy Yard Commandant, was also present.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41829

    USS S-4
    (SS-109)

    Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur inspecting the submarine, soon after she was salvaged from the ocean off Provincetown, Massachusetts, where she was sunk in a collision with USCGC Paulding on 17 December 1927. Photographed in dry dock at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 20 March 1928.
    The Captain with Secretary Wilbur is probably James D. Willson, Commander of the Receiving Ship at Boston. They are standing on S-4's deck, just above the hole in her starboard hull made by Paulding's bow.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41835

    USS S-4
    (SS-109)

    Miss Fennell, sister of Machinist's Mate 1st Class John Joseph Fennell, who lost his life when S-4 was sunk, watches as the submarine rests in dry dock at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 20 March 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41818

    USS S-4
    (SS-109)

    Miss Fennell, sister of Machinist's Mate 1st Class John Joseph Fennell, who lost his life when S-4 was sunk, watches as the submarine rests in dry dock at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 20 March 1928.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41828

    USS S-4
    (SS-109)

    Removing the first torpedo from her Torpedo Room, while she was in dry dock at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, on 20 March 1928.
    Salvage pontoon YSP-6 is partially visible at right.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 127KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     

    For more images related this subject, see:

  • Drydocking of USS S-4 (SS-109), March 1928; and
  • Sinking of USS S-4 (SS-109), 17 December 1927. Features interior and exterior views of damage suffered by S-4, taken after she was drydocked in March 1928.

    For other images related to USS S-4, see:

  • USS S-4 (Submarine # 109, later SS-109), 1919-1936.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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