Allied Warships

S-36 (SS-141)

Submarine of the S-1 class

S-36 as completed in 1923.

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	S-1
Pennant	141
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Corp., (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	10 Dec 1918
Launched	3 Jun 1919
Commissioned	4 Apr 1923
Lost	20 Jan 1942
Loss position	4° 57'N, 118° 31'E

History	USS S-36 (Lt. John Roland McKnight, Jr., USN) stranded on Taka Bakang Reef in the Makassar Strait, Dutch East Indies in position 04º57'N, 118º31'E and despite lengthy attempts the crew could not get the boat free again. The crew was rescued by the Dutch motor launch Attla the next day.

Commands listed for USS S-36 (141)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Rob Roy McGregor, USN	1939	Aug 1940
2	Lt. John Rowland McKnight, Jr., USN	Aug 1940	20 Jan 1942

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Notable events involving S-36 include:

3 Dec 1941
Around 0100 hours USS S-36 (Lt. J.R. McKnight, Jr.) departed from Manila Bay to take up a defensive position off Cape Bolinao. Later that day she arrived in her patrol area. Around 1930 hours she entered Bolinao harbour where she remained until 8 December.

8 Dec 1941
USS S-36 (Lt. J.R. McKnight, Jr.) departed from Bolinao to patrol off Lingayen Gulf.

18 Dec 1941
USS S-36 (Lt. J.R. McKnight, Jr.) ended her 1st war patrol at Mariveles.

30 Dec 1941
USS S-36 (Lt. J.R. McKnight, Jr.) departed from Mariveles for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Verde Island Passage.

1 Jan 1942
USS S-36 (Lt. J.R. McKnight, Jr.) makes a torpedo attack on a Japanese merchant of about 5000 GRT off Calapan, Mindoro. She claims a sinking but this was not the case.