USS ''S-29'' (SS-134), was a first-group (''S-1'' or "Holland")
S-class submarine of the
United States Navy. During
World War II, she also served in the
Royal Navy as .
Construction and commissioning
''S-29''′s
keel was
laid down on 17 April 1919 by the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's
Fore River Shipyard in
Quincy,
Massachusetts. She was
launched on 9 November 1922, sponsored by Mrs. Ronan C. Grady, and
commissioned on 22 May 1924.
Service history
U.S. Navy
After duties in the
northeastern United States
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operating from
New London,
Connecticut, in 1924, ''S-29'' visited
Hawaii from 27 April to 30 May 1925. Operating therrafter mainly from
Mare Island,
San Diego, and
San Pedro,
California until 1931, ''S-29'' also served in the
Panama Canal area from February to March 1926, visited Hawaii in the summers of 1927 and 1928, served in the Panama Canal area during February 1929, and again visited Hawaii during the summer of 1930.
Departing Mare Island on 14 February 1931, ''S-29'' arrived at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 23 February 1931. ''S-29'' then operated at Pearl Harbor until 16 June 1939, when she departed bound for New London, which she reached on 23 August 1939. She then had duty in the northeastern United States and at
Key West
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,
Florida, from December 1940 to May 1941
After the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 brought the
United States into
World War II, ''S-29'' moved to the Panama Canal area in late December 1941. In March 1942 she headed back to New London, where she arruived on 1 April 1942. She
decommissioned there on 5 June 1942.
Royal Navy
On the day of her decommissioning, ''S-29'' was transferred the
United Kingdom. In the
Royal Navy she became . While in British service she suffered a battery explosion at
Weymouth. The Royal Navy returned her to the U.S. Navy on 26 January 1946.
Disposal
The U.S. Navy struck ''S-29'' from the
Naval Vessel Register in 1946 and sold her in the United Kingdom to
H. G. Pound
H.G. Pound (officially, Pounds Shipowners and Shipbreakers Limited) is the name of the founder of a British merchant firm in Portsmouth, UK.
History
The firm, founded in 1864, diversified into shipbreaking after World War I and has accumulated o ...
on 24 January 1947 for scrapping. In 1982, however, her
hulk
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, minus its
conning tower
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, was still visible at the Pounds scrapyard near
Portsmouth. She finally was scrapped in
Spain between 1986 and 1987.
USS S-29 (SS-134) at FleetSubmarine.com, retrieved 8 January 2011
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References
* ''After the Battle'', issue no. 37, Plaistow Press, London, UK, 1982
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United States S-class submarines
World War II submarines of the United States
Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts
1922 ships
Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Navy
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