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href="/wiki/Quincy,_Massachusetts" title="Quincy, Massachusetts">Quincy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>1 November 1918</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>27 June 1922</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sponsored by</td><td>Mrs. Herbert B. Loper</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>24 August 1923</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>10 August 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>25 August 1947</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Transferred to <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> 10 August 1942</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Returned 1944</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Scuttling" title="Scuttling">Scuttled</a> 25 August 1947</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/56px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>HMS <i>P555</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>10 August 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>October 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>May 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Returned to U.S. Navy December 1944</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/United_States_S-class_submarine" title="United States S-class submarine">S-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">854 long tons (868 t) surfaced</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,062 long tons (1,079 t) submerged</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>219 ft 3 in (66.83 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>20 ft 8 in (6.30 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>15 ft 11 in (4.85 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">14.5 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h) surfaced</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h) submerged</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>42 officers and men</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/4%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="4"/50 caliber gun">4 in (102 mm)</a>/50 <a href="/wiki/Deck_gun" title="Deck gun">deck gun</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/American_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="American 21 inch torpedo">21 inch (533 mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>S-24</i> (SS-129)</b> was a first-group (<i>S-1</i> or "Holland") <a href="/wiki/United_States_S-class_submarine" title="United States S-class submarine">S-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, she also served in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> as <b>HMS <i>P555</i></b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_commissioning">Construction and commissioning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_S-24&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Construction and commissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>S-24</i>′s <a href="/wiki/Keel" title="Keel">keel</a> was <a href="/wiki/Keel-laying" class="mw-redirect" title="Keel-laying">laid down</a> on 1 November 1918 by the <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Corporation" title="Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation">Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Fore_River_Shipyard" title="Fore River Shipyard">Fore River Shipyard</a> in <a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Massachusetts" title="Quincy, Massachusetts">Quincy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>. She was <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_ship_launching" title="Ceremonial ship launching">launched</a> on 27 June 1922, sponsored by Mrs. Herbert B. Loper, and <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> on 24 August 1923 with <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant commander (United States)">Lieutenant Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/Louis_E._Denfeld" title="Louis E. Denfeld">Louis E. Denfeld</a> in command. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_S-24&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Navy">U.S. Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_S-24&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Interwar_years">Interwar years</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_S-24&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Interwar years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Operating from <a href="/wiki/New_London,_Connecticut" title="New London, Connecticut">New London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, in 1923 and 1924, <i>S-24</i> served at <a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands">Saint Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a>, in February 1924. She visited <a href="/wiki/Trinidad" title="Trinidad">Trinidad</a> from 6 to 13 March 1924, the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> area in April 1924, and <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> from 27 April 1924 to May 1925. She served principally at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Pedro, California">San Pedro</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mare_Island" title="Mare Island">Mare Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, until 1930, also serving in the Panama Canal area in February and March 1926, visiting <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> in 1927 and 1928, serving in the Panama Canal area again in February 1929, and making two visits to Hawaii during 1929. </p><p>Departing San Diego on 1 December 1930, <i>S-24</i> arrived at <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>, Hawaii, on 12 December 1930. She operated from Pearl Harbor until 15 October 1938, when she got underway for New London, which she reached on 4 January 1939. After serving in commission in reserve with a partial crew at New London from 1 April 1939, <i>S-24</i> resumed full duty with a full crew on 1 July 1940. She then operated from New London until December 1941. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="World_War_II">World War II</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_S-24&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> entered <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> with the Japanese <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attack on Pearl Harbor</a> on 7 December 1941, <i>S-24</i> served in waters near the Panama Canal from late December 1941 until May 1942. Returning to New London on 21 May 1942, she <a href="/wiki/Ship_decommissioning" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship decommissioning">decommissioned</a> there on 10 August 1942. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Navy">Royal Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_S-24&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Royal Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the day she was decommissioned, <i>S-24</i> was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, she was commissioned as HMS <i>P555</i> in October 1942 and was assigned to the 7th Submarine Flotilla, a <a href="/wiki/Flotilla" title="Flotilla">flotilla</a> based at <a href="/wiki/Holy_Loch" title="Holy Loch">Holy Loch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, used for training new submarine <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned officer">officers</a> and crews and for training surface <a href="/wiki/Warship" title="Warship">warships</a> in <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a>. Among the officers who commanded her was <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve">Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve</a> (RNVR) <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(naval)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant (naval)">Lieutenant</a> <a href="/wiki/Edward_Preston_Young" title="Edward Preston Young">Edward Preston Young</a>, making <i>P555</i> the first Royal Navy submarine to be commanded by a British RNVR officer.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royal Navy decommissioned <i>P555</i> in May 1944 and returned her to the U.S. Navy in December 1944. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disposal">Disposal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_S-24&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Disposal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After her return, the U.S. Navy struck <i>S-24</i> from the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Vessel_Register" title="Naval Vessel Register">Navy List</a>. She was <a href="/wiki/Scuttling" title="Scuttling">scuttled</a> in the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> off <a href="/wiki/Portland_Bill" title="Portland Bill">Portland Bill</a> on 28 April 1947 for use as a <a href="/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar">sonar</a> target.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (or 25 August 1947<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_S-24&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Guardian-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Guardian_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFvan_der_Dat2003" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Dan_van_der_Vat" title="Dan van der Vat">van der Dat, Dan</a> (4 February 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/feb/04/guardianobituaries.books">"Edward Young (obituary)"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. 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design)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Navy (<i>S-3</i>) Group</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-4" title="USS S-4"><i>S-4</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-5" title="USS S-5"><i>S-5</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-6" title="USS S-6"><i>S-6</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-7" title="USS S-7"><i>S-7</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-8" title="USS S-8"><i>S-8</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-9" title="USS S-9"><i>S-9</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-10" title="USS S-10"><i>S-10</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-11" title="USS S-11"><i>S-11</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-12" title="USS S-12"><i>S-12</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-13" title="USS S-13"><i>S-13</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-14" title="USS S-14"><i>S-14</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-15" title="USS S-15"><i>S-15</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-16" title="USS S-16"><i>S-16</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-17" title="USS S-17"><i>S-17</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Holland (<i>S-1</i>) Group</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-18" title="USS S-18"><i>S-18</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-19" title="USS S-19"><i>S-19</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-20" title="USS S-20"><i>S-20</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-21" title="USS S-21"><i>S-21</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-22" title="USS S-22"><i>S-22</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-23" title="USS S-23"><i>S-23</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>S-24</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-25" title="USS S-25"><i>S-25</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-26" title="USS S-26"><i>S-26</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-27" title="USS S-27"><i>S-27</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-28" title="USS S-28"><i>S-28</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-29" title="USS S-29"><i>S-29</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-30" title="USS S-30"><i>S-30</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-31" title="USS S-31"><i>S-31</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-32" title="USS S-32"><i>S-32</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-33" title="USS S-33"><i>S-33</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-34" title="USS S-34"><i>S-34</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-35" title="USS S-35"><i>S-35</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-36" title="USS S-36"><i>S-36</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-37" title="USS S-37"><i>S-37</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-38" title="USS S-38"><i>S-38</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-39" title="USS S-39"><i>S-39</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-40" title="USS S-40"><i>S-40</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-41" title="USS S-41"><i>S-41</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Second Holland (<i>S-42</i>) Group</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-42" title="USS S-42"><i>S-42</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-43" title="USS S-43"><i>S-43</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-44" title="USS S-44"><i>S-44</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-45" title="USS S-45"><i>S-45</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-46" title="USS S-46"><i>S-46</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-47" title="USS S-47"><i>S-47</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Second Navy (<i>S-48</i>) Group</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-48" title="USS S-48"><i>S-48</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-49" title="USS S-49"><i>S-49</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-50" title="USS S-50"><i>S-50</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-51" title="USS S-51"><i>S-51</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Other_operators" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other operators</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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href="/wiki/USS_S-1_(SS-105)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS S-1 (SS-105)"><i>P552</i></a> (ex-<i>S-1</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-21_(SS-126)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS S-21 (SS-126)"><i>P553</i></a> (ex-<i>S-21</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-22_(SS-127)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS S-22 (SS-127)"><i>P554</i></a> (ex-<i>S-22</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S-24_(SS-129)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS S-24 (SS-129)"><i>P555</i></a> (ex-<i>S-24</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_P556" title="HMS P556"><i>P556</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_S-29" title="USS S-29"><i>S-29</i></a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/United_States_R-class_submarine" title="United States R-class submarine"><i>R</i>-class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/V-boat" title="V-boat">V-boats</a><br /><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">5 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_Varvassi" title="SS Varvassi"><i>Varvassi</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_Drexel_Victory" title="SS Drexel Victory"><i>Drexel Victory</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_Middlebury_Victory" title="SS Middlebury Victory"><i>Middlebury Victory</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Mar: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Empire_ships_-_I_-_J#Empire_Jonquil" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Empire ships - I - J"><i>Empire Jonquil</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Mar: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Petunia_(K79)" title="HMS Petunia (K79)">ROCS <i>Fu Bo</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Mar: <a href="/wiki/MV_Tyrronall" title="MV Tyrronall"><i>Empire Contamar</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Gripfast" title="SS Gripfast"><i>Stancliffe</i></a></span></li> 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Keene</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Sir_Harvey_Adamson" title="SS Sir Harvey Adamson"><i>Sir Harvey Adamson</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Samtampa" title="SS Samtampa"><i>Samtampa</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Warspite_(03)" title="HMS Warspite (03)">HMS <i>Warspite</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Witherington_(D76)" title="HMS Witherington (D76)">HMS <i>Witherington</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 May: <a href="/wiki/Irish_patrol_vessel_Muirch%C3%BA" title="Irish patrol vessel Muirchú"><i>Muirchú</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 May: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Thames_(1885)" title="HMS Thames (1885)"><i>General Botha</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Oklahoma_(BB-37)" title="USS Oklahoma (BB-37)">USS <i>Oklahoma</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Mallard_(AM-44)" title="USS Mallard (AM-44)">USS <i>Mallard</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 May: <a href="/wiki/SMS_Berlin" title="SMS Berlin"><i>Berlin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Jun: <a href="/wiki/SS_Emperor" title="SS Emperor"><i>Emperor</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Jul: <a href="/wiki/1947_Ramdas_ship_disaster" title="1947 Ramdas ship disaster"><i>Ramdas</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Nascopie" title="SS Nascopie"><i>Nascopie</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Jul: <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Deutschland" title="German cruiser Deutschland"><i>Lützow</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Chewink_(AM-39)" title="USS Chewink (AM-39)">USS <i>Chewink</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Aug: <a href="/wiki/German_aircraft_carrier_Graf_Zeppelin" title="German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin"><i>Graf Zeppelin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Heimdal_(1892)" title="HNoMS Heimdal (1892)"><i>Rovena</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Aug: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">USS <i>S-24</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Sep: <a href="/wiki/USS_Osborne_(DD-295)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Osborne (DD-295)"><i>Matagalpa</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Sep: <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Warrnambool_(J202)" title="HMAS Warrnambool (J202)">HMAS <i>Warrnambool</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Oct: <a href="/wiki/USS_Crittenden" title="USS Crittenden">USS <i>Crittenden</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Oct: <i><a href="/wiki/HMCS_Wolf" title="HMCS Wolf">Gulfstream</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Oct: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-190" title="German submarine U-190"><i>U-190</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Nov: <a href="/wiki/MV_Aqueity_(1945)" title="MV Aqueity (1945)"><i>Aqueity</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Nov: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-234" title="German submarine U-234"><i>U-234</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Nov: <a href="/wiki/SS_Clarksdale_Victory" title="SS Clarksdale Victory"><i>Clarksdale Victory</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 Nov: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-530" title="German submarine U-530"><i>U-530</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Park_Victory" title="SS Park Victory"><i>Park Victory</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/USS_Ponaganset" title="USS Ponaganset"><i>Ponaganset</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-858" title="German submarine U-858"><i>U-858</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-889" title="German submarine U-889"><i>U-889</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_Ocean_Victory" title="SS Ocean Victory"><i>Jan Steen</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Jan: <a href="/wiki/MS_Wanganella" title="MS Wanganella"><i>Wanganella</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Jan: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bonaventure_(F139)" title="HMS Bonaventure (F139)">HMS <i>Bonaventure</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Mar: <a href="/wiki/RFA_Wave_Laird" title="RFA Wave Laird">RFA <i>Wave Laird</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 Mar: <a href="/wiki/MV_Clio" title="MV Clio"><i>Clio</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Ernest_G._Small" title="USS Ernest G. Small">USS <i>Ernest G. Small</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Chamois" title="SS Empire Chamois"><i>Empire Chamois</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Apr: <a href="/wiki/RMS_Queen_Elizabeth" title="RMS Queen Elizabeth"><i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Texas_City_disaster" title="Texas City disaster">Texas City disaster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Exodus" title="SS Exodus"><i>Exodus</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_Ocean_Vigour" title="SS Ocean Vigour"><i>Ocean Vigour</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Sep: <a href="/wiki/USS_Douglas_H._Fox" title="USS Douglas H. Fox">USS <i>Douglas H. Fox</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Nov: <a href="/wiki/USS_Bugara" title="USS Bugara">USS <i>Bugara</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Orleck" title="USS Orleck">USS <i>Orleck</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1946" title="List of shipwrecks in 1946">1946</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1946" title="List of shipwrecks in 1946"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1948" title="List of shipwrecks in 1948"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1948" title="List of shipwrecks in 1948">1948</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=USS_S-24&params=50_30.87_N_2_33.43_W_region:GB_type:landmark_scale:500000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°30.87′N</span> <span class="longitude">2°33.43′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.51450°N 2.55717°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">50.51450; 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