| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | S-1 |
| Pennant | 142 |
| Built by | Union Iron Works (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 12 Dec 1918 |
| Launched | 20 Jun 1919 |
| Commissioned | 16 Jul 1923 |
| End service | 6 Feb 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned 6 February 1945. |
Commands listed for USS S-37 (142)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Thomas L. Green, USN | 1 Jan 1939 | 22 Jun 1940 |
| 2 | Lt. Walter Gale Ebert, USN | 22 Jun 1940 | 11 Aug 1941 |
| 3 | Lt. James Charles Dempsey, USN | 11 Aug 1941 | 26 Feb 1942 |
| 4 | Lt. James Richard Zinck Reynolds, USN | 26 Feb 1942 | Jul 1942 |
| 5 | Lt. Thomas Slack Baskett, USN | Aug 1942 | Nov 1942 |
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Noteable events involving S-37 include:
9 Dec 1941
USS S-37 (Lt. J.C. Dempsey) departed from Manila Bay for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Verde Island Passage.
19 Dec 1941
USS S-37 (Lt. J.C. Dempsey) returns to Manila Bay to refuel and restore. She departed from for her 2nd war patrol the same day. Initially she was ordered to patrol the Calavite Passage.
2 Jan 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. J.C. Dempsey) patrols in the Basilan Strait.
4 Jan 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. J.C. Dempsey) patrols off Jolo Island.
12 Jan 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. J.C. Dempsey) patrols off Tarakan, Netherlands East Indies.
15 Jan 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. J.C. Dempsey) was ordered to leave the Tarakan area and proceed to Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies.
23 Jan 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. J.C. Dempsey) ended her 2nd war patrol at Surabaya.
2 Feb 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. J.C. Dempsey) departed from Surabaya for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in Makassar Strait.
8 Feb 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. J.C. Dempsey) torpedoed and sank the Japanese destroyer Natsushio (offsite link) about 22 nautical miles south of Makassar, Celebes in position
05°10'S, 119°24'E. (see map)
18 Feb 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. J.C. Dempsey) patrols off Lombok Strait.
21 Feb 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. J.C. Dempsey) ended her 3rd war patrol at Surabaya.
27 Feb 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. J.R. Reynolds) departed from Surabaya for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Java Sea.
22 Jun 1942
With her overhaul completed USS S-37 (Lt. J.R. Reynolds) departed from Brisbane for her 5th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Bismarck Archipelago.
8 Jul 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. J.R. Reynolds) torpedoed and sank the Japanese transport Tenzan Maru (2775 GRT) about 30 nautical miles west-north-west of Rabaul in position 04°00'S, 151°50'E. S-37 is depth charged by the Japanese submarine chaser Ch-30 but she is able to escape undamaged. (see map)
21 Jul 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. J.R. Reynolds) ended her 5th war patrol at Brisbane.
17 Aug 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. T.S. Baskett) departed from Brisbane for her 6th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Guadalcanal.
13 Sep 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. T.S. Baskett) ended her 6th war patrol at Brisbane.
19 Oct 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. T.S. Baskett) departed from Brisbane for her 7th (and final) war patrol. She was ordered to proceed to Noumea to make a defensive patrol in that area.
5 Nov 1942
USS S-37 (Lt. T.S. Baskett) departed from her patrol area bound for Pearl Harbor. After an overhaul at San Diego she is assigned to training duties.
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