P556
Build Group: | US S Class |
Fate: | Returned US on paper in 1946 after a battery explosion, partially scrapped in UK 1947, scrapping completed in Spain 1987. |
USS S-29 was decommissioned from the USN in 1942 and simultaneously transferred to United Kingdom where she was renamed HMS P556
As part of 8th Flotilla ,she was used for anti-submarine training until she was damaged by a battery explosion
Events
17-04-1919 : | Laid down |
09-11-1922 : | Launched |
22-05-1924 : | Commissioned |
05-06-1942 : | Transferred to the Royal Navy |
27-01-1944 : | Damaged by a battery explosion |
26-01-1946 : | Returned to the US Navy |
24-01-1947 : | Sold for scrap |