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P 554

Built By: Fore River (USA)
Build Group: US-S
Fate: Returned to US and scrapped 1945

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Commanders
1943: Lieutenant   James Newenham Elliott
1944: Acting Lieutenant   Ralph Norris (RNVR)

USS S-22 was decommissioned from the USN in 1942 and simultaneously transferred to United Kingdom where she was renamed HMS P554

She was based at Halifax, Canada as an anti-submarine warfare training vessel.

Events

 06-01-1919   Laid down
 15-01-1920   Launched
 23-06-1924   Commissioned
 19-06-1942   Transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS P554
 11-07-1944   Returned to the US Navy
 16-11-1945   Sold for scrap
US-S Specification
Displacement (surfaced)  854 long tons
(submerged)  1,062 long tons
Length  219 ft 3 inch
Beam  20 ft 8 inch
Draught  15 ft 11 inch
Speed (surfaced)  14.5 knots
(submerged)  11 knots
Complement  42
Armament  1 x 4 in deck gun
  4 x 21 inch torpedo tubes
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