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"S" 1st group ex-US submarines (P551)

P555 1942

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
P551 (ex-SS130 S25) P551 Bethlehem, Quincy, USA 10/1918 29/5/1920 7/1923 // 11/1941 to Poland 11/1941 (Jastrząb)
P552 (ex-SS105 S1) P552 Fore River, Quincy, USA 12/1917 26/10/1918 6/1920 // 4/1942 returned to USA 10/1944
P553 (ex-SS126 S21) P553 Bethlehem, Quincy, USA 12/1918 18/8/1920 8/1921 // 9/1942 returned to USA 7/1944
P554 (ex-SS127 S22) P554 Bethlehem, Quincy, USA 1/1919 15/7/1920 6/1924 // 6/1942 returned to USA 7/1944
P555 (ex-SS129 S24) P555 Bethlehem, Quincy, USA 11/1918 27/6/1922 8/1923 // 8/1942 returned to USA 12/1944
P556 (ex-SS134 S29) P556 Bethlehem, Quincy, USA 4/1919 9/11/1922 5/1924 // 6/1942 returned to USA 1/1946

 

 

 

Displacement standard, t

680

Displacement normal, t

854 / 1062

Length, m

66.5

Breadth, m

6.10

Draught, m

4.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels /  2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1200 / 1500

Max speed, kn

14.5 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 168

Endurance, nm(kts)

5000(10) /

Armament

1 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 12)

Sensors

presumably SD radar, sonar

Complement

43

Diving depth operational, m

60

Ship project history: Ex-US lend-lease submarines.Further development of "R" class submarines. Single-hulled construction.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

P554 1943

 

 

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