| Built By: | Fore River (USA) |
| Build Group: | US-S |
| Fate: | Returned to the USN in December 1944. Intentionally sunk in the English Channel off Portland Bill, as a sonar target on 28 April 1947 |
| TBA: | Lieutenant | Anthony James Sumption | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | Reginald Peter Webb | |
| 1942: | Lieutenant | William Hedley Kett (RNR) | |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | Jeremy Nash | DSC MID |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | Charles Alexander Jacomb Nicholl | |
| 1943: | Captain | Charles Alfred Godfrey Nichols | MID |
| 1943: | Acting Lieutenant | Edward Preston Young | |
| 1943: | Lieutenant | William St. George Anderson | DSC |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Eric Allan Hamilton (RNR) | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Martin Douglas Hutley (RNR) | MID |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Charles Alexander Jacomb Nicholl | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant Commander | John Charles Young Roxburgh | DSO DSC |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Brian John Hennessy | |
| 1944: | Lieutenant | Anthony Stuart Melville-Ross | DSC |
USS S-24 was decommissioned from the USN in 1942 and simultaneously transferred to United Kingdom where she was renamed HMS P555
Assigned to the 7th Submarine Flotilla based at Holy Loch. This was a non-operational unit and the boats were used for training new crews and officers and for training surface ships in anti-submarine warfare. Among the officers who commanded her was Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Lt Edward Preston Young making the boat the first Royal navy submarine to be commanded by a British RNVR officer.
| 01-11-1918 | Laid down |
| 27-06-1922 | Launched |
| 24-08-1923 | Commissioned |
| 10-08-1942 | Transferred to the UK |
| 20-12-1944 | Returned to USN |
| 28-04-1947 | Sunk as target |
| Class: | Depot Ships |
| Built By: | Harland and Wolff (Belfast) |
| Build Group: | A164 |
| Fate: | |
| Stricken in March 1966 and scrapped at Inverkeithing in September 1970. | |
This fascinating series from HISTORY will explore the world of the US Navy Submariner in World War II.
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Plus we'll explore the tactics used to destroy the enemy and how submarines contributed to the final defeat of Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany.
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| Class: | Depot Ships |
| Built By: | Harland and Wolff (Belfast) |
| Build Group: | A164 |
| Fate: | |
| Stricken in March 1966 and scrapped at Inverkeithing in September 1970. | |
This fascinating series from HISTORY will explore the world of the US Navy Submariner in World War II.
We'll dive deep to periscope depth in the Pacific and hunt a convoy of Japanese freighters, surface in the Atlantic and fire upon a stricken German U-boat, sneak into Tokyo Bay and wreak havoc upon the Japanese fleet and learn about the men who lived and hunted under the sea, while discussing the different submarines and their use in war.
Plus we'll explore the tactics used to destroy the enemy and how submarines contributed to the final defeat of Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany.
Take a journey beneath the waves and discover the incredible story behind The Submarines of World War II: The Silent Service.
Over six hours of footage across four discs tell the fascinating stories of the submarines of World War II.
14 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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