Allied Warships

S-33 (SS-138)

Submarine of the S-1 class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	S-1
Pennant	138
Built by	Union Iron Works (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	14 Jun 1918
Launched	5 Dec 1918
Commissioned	18 Apr 1922
End service	23 Oct 1945
History	Decommissioned 15 June 1922. Recommissioned 21 December 1922. Decommissioned 1 December 1937. Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 16 October 1940. Decommissioned 23 October 1945. Stricken 1 November 1945. Sold in 1946 to be broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS S-33 (138)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Delbert Fred Williamson, USN	16 Oct 1940	mid 1941
2	Lt. Walter Paul Schoeni, USN	mid 1941	23 Jan 1943
3	T/Cdr. James Alexander Flenniken, 2nd, USN	23 Jan 1943	23 Apr 1943
4	Lt.Cdr. Clyde Benjamin Stevens, Jr., USN	24 Apr 1943	Sep 1943
5	T/Lt.Cdr. Morton Haynes Lytle, USN	Sep 1943	May 1944
6	Alexander Louis Redon, USNR	May 1944	Jan 1945
7	Andrew M. Wales, USNR	Jan 1945	23 Oct 1945

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Notable events involving S-33 include:

7 Jul 1942
USS S-33 (Lt. W.P. Schoeni) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 1st offensive war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the western Aleutians.

S-33 had already made several defensive patrols in the Panama Canal Zone.

11 Aug 1942
USS S-33 (Lt. W.P. Schoeni) ended her 1st offensive war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

24 Aug 1942
USS S-33 (Lt. W.P. Schoeni) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 2nd offensive war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Adak and Kiska.

26 Sep 1942
USS S-33 (Lt. W.P. Schoeni) ended her 2nd offensive war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

15 Oct 1942
USS S-33 (Lt. W.P. Schoeni) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 3rd offensive war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Kiska.

11 Nov 1942
USS S-33 (Lt. W.P. Schoeni) ended her 3rd offensive war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

23 Nov 1942
USS S-33 (Lt. W.P. Schoeni) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 4th offensive war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Attu.

9 Dec 1942
USS S-33 (Lt. W.P. Schoeni) ended her 4th offensive war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

11 Dec 1942
USS S-33 (Lt. W.P. Schoeni) departed from Dutch Harbour bound for San Diego for an overhaul.

18 Apr 1943
USS S-33 (Lt.Cdr. C.B. Stevens, Jr.) returns to Dutch Harbour.

25 Apr 1943
USS S-33 (Lt.Cdr. C.B. Stevens, Jr.) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 5th offensive war patrol. She was ordered to patrol of the Kurils.

22 May 1943
USS S-33 (Lt.Cdr. C.B. Stevens, Jr.) ended her 5th offensive war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

4 Jun 1943
USS S-33 (Lt.Cdr. C.B. Stevens, Jr.) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 6th offensive war patrol. She was ordered to patrol of the Kurils.

18 Jun 1943
USS S-33 (Lt.Cdr. C.B. Stevens, Jr.) claims the destruction of three Japanese fishing vessels near Paramushiro.

2 Jul 1943
USS S-33 (Lt.Cdr. C.B. Stevens, Jr.) ended her 6th offensive war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

4 Jul 1943
USS S-33 (Lt.Cdr. C.B. Stevens, Jr.) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 7th offensive war patrol. She was ordered to patrol of the western Aleutians.

9 Aug 1943
USS S-33 (Lt.Cdr. C.B. Stevens, Jr.) ended her 7th offensive war patrol at Dutch Harbour.