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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.

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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

P555