Allied Warships

S-47 (SS-158)

Submarine of the S-42 class


S-47 prewar

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassS-42 
Pennant158 
Built byBethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down26 Feb 1921 
Launched5 Jan 1924 
Commissioned16 Sep 1925 
End service25 Oct 1945 
History

Decommissioned 25 October 1945.
Stricken 13 November 1945.
Sold in May 1946 to be broken up for scrap.

 

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Noteable events involving S-47 include:


5 Mar 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) departed from Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone for Brisbane, Australia.

15 Apr 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) arrived at Brisbane.

22 Apr 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) departed from Brisbane for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the New Britain-New Ireland area.

20 May 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) ended her 1st war patrol at Brisbane.

6 Jun 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) departed from Brisbane for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the New Britain-New Ireland area.

30 Jun 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) ended her 2nd war patrol at Brisbane.

28 Jul 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) departed from Brisbane for her 3rd war patrol.

1 Aug 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) returns to Brisbane with leaky fuel tanks. She breaks off her 3rd war patrol.

25 Aug 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) departed from Brisbane again for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the New Britain-New Ireland area.

22 Sep 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. J.W. Davis) ended her 3rd war patrol at Brisbane.

20 Oct 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. F.E. Haylor) departed from Brisbane for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Solomons.

17 Nov 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. F.E. Haylor) ended her 4th war patrol at Suva, Fiji.

1 Dec 1942
USS S-47 (Lt. F.E. Haylor) departed from Suva to proceed to Coco Solo in the Panama Canal Zone.

6 Jan 1943
USS S-47 (Lt. F.E. Haylor) arrived at Coco Solo. After an overhaul at San Francisco S-47 was ordered to proceed to Alaska. There she made two more war patrols in late 1943.

Media links


U. S. Submarines in World War II

Kimmett, Larry and Regis, Margaret


U.S. Submarines Through 1945

Friedman, Norman

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