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Photo # NH 46537:  Launch of USS S-3, at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, 21 December 1918

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USS S-3 (Submarine # 107, later SS-107), 1919-1937
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This page features additional views related to USS S-3 (Submarine # 107, later SS-107).

For other images concerning this submarine, see:

  • USS S-3 (Submarine # 107, later SS-107), 1919-1937.


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

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    Photo #: NH 99892

    USS Camden
    (AS-6)

    Off New York City with twelve submarines alongside, circa 1920.
    Submarines are, from inboard to outboard (left to right):
    USS R-1 (SS-78);
    USS R-2 (SS-79);
    USS R-4 (SS-81);
    USS R-5 (SS-82);
    USS R-6 (SS-83);
    USS R-10 (SS-87);
    USS R-9 (SS-86);
    USS R-8 (SS-85);
    USS R-7 (SS-84);
    USS R-3 (SS-80);
    USS S-4 (SS-109); and
    USS S-3 (SS-108).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 59972

    USS Camden
    (AS-6)

    Off New York City with twelve submarines alongside, circa 1920.
    Submarines are, from inboard to outboard (left to right):
    USS R-1 (SS-78);
    USS R-2 (SS-79);
    USS R-4 (SS-81);
    USS R-5 (SS-82);
    USS R-6 (SS-83);
    USS R-10 (SS-87);
    USS R-9 (SS-86);
    USS R-8 (SS-85);
    USS R-7 (SS-84);
    USS R-3 (SS-80);
    USS S-4 (SS-109); and
    USS S-3 (SS-108).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 575 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41855

    Submarines nested together
    , May 1920

    Alongside USS Camden (Submarine Tender # 6), in the North River, New York City.
    They are, from near to far (left to right):
    USS R-4 (Submarine # 81);
    USS R-5 (Submarine # 82);
    USS R-6 (Submarine # 83);
    USS R-10 (Submarine # 87);
    USS R-9 (Submarine # 86);
    USS R-8 (Submarine # 85);
    USS R-7 (Submarine # 84);
    USS R-3 (Submarine # 80);
    USS S-4 (Submarine # 109); and
    USS S-3 (Submarine # 108).
    Note that all the "R" class submarines have gun platforms, but that guns are fitted only on R-10 and R-3. S-4 has a platform for a 4"/50 gun (but no gun is installed), while S-3 still has no gun platform.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41863

    Submarines nested together
    , May 1920

    Alongside USS Camden (Submarine Tender # 6), in the North River, New York City.
    They are, from near to far:
    USS R-4 (Submarine # 81);
    USS R-5 (Submarine # 82);
    USS R-6 (Submarine # 83);
    USS R-10 (Submarine # 87);
    USS R-9 (Submarine # 86);
    USS R-8 (Submarine # 85);
    USS R-7 (Submarine # 84);
    USS R-3 (Submarine # 80);
    USS S-4 (Submarine # 109); and
    USS S-3 (Submarine # 108).

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103254

    S-3 class submarines


    In port, probably on the U.S. West Coast, circa the early 1920s.
    Second submarine from the right is USS S-3 (SS-107).

    Collection of Chief Engineman Virgil Breland, USN. Donated by Mrs. E.H. Breland, 1979.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 100459

    USS Camden
    (AS-6)

    Photographed circa the middle or later 1920s, with ten "S" type submarines alongside. The submarines are (on Camden's starboard side, from left to right):
    USS S-18 (SS-123);
    unidentified Electric Boat type "S-boat";
    USS S-19 (SS-124);
    USS S-12 (SS-117); and an
    unidentified Government type "S-boat".
    (on Camden's port side, from left to right):
    unidentified Government type "S-boat";
    USS S-7 (SS-112);
    USS S-8 (SS-113);
    USS S-9 (SS-114); and
    USS S-3 (SS-107).

    Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 165KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46709

    USS O-1
    (Submarine # 62), at left

    Being prepared for launching at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 8 July 1918. She was launched on the following day.
    At right, also under construction in the wooden shiphouse, is USS S-3 (Submarine # 107).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 145KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46537

    USS S-3
    (Submarine # 107)

    Sliding into the water, during her launching at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 21 December 1918.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     


    For other images concerning this submarine, see:

  • USS S-3 (Submarine # 107, later SS-107), 1919-1937.


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


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    Page made 31 January 2005
    Photo caption corrected 28 February 2006