Allied Warships

S-26 (SS-131)

Submarine of the S-1 class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassS-1 
Pennant131 
Built byBethlehem Steel Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Nov 1919 
Launched22 Aug 1922 
Commissioned15 Oct 1923 
Lost24 Jan 1942 
Loss position08.13N, 79.21W (See a map)
 
History

Rammed in error by the American submarine chaser USS PC-460 at night in the Gulf of Panama in position 08º13'N, 79º21'W, S-26 (Lt.Cdr. E.C. Hawke) sank with the loss of 46 men there were 3 survivors.

 

Commands listed for USS S-26 (131)

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1Earl Clifford Hawk, USN???24 Jan 1942

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Fatal Decisions

Blandford, Edmund

Books dealing with this subject include:

Fatal Decisions, Blandford, Edmund, 1999


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