USS S-11

USS S-11 (SS-116), September 1935, in the Panama Canal Zone
History
United States
NameS-11
BuilderPortsmouth Navy Yard, on Seavey Island, Kittery, Maine
Cost$305,625.54 (hull and machinery)
Laid down2 December 1919
Launched7 February 1921
Sponsored byMiss Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Commissioned11 February 1923
Decommissioned30 September 1936
Recommissioned6 September 1940
Decommissioned2 May 1945
Stricken19 May 1945
Identification
FateSold for scrapping, 28 October 1945
General characteristics
Class & typeS-3-class submarine
Displacement
  • 930 long tons (945 t) surfaced
  • 1,138 long tons (1,156 t) submerged
Length231 feet (70 m)
Beam21 ft 10 in (6.65 m)
Draft13 ft 7 in (4.14 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced
  • 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) submerged
Range5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph), 7,121 nmi (13,188 km; 8,195 mi) at 9.6 kn (17.8 km/h; 11.0 mph) if fuel loaded into the main ballast tanks
Test depth200 ft (61 m)
Capacity36,950 US gallons (139,900 L; 30,770 imp gal) fuel
Complement
  • 4 officers
  • 34 enlisted
Armament

USS S-11 (SS-116) was a part of the second-group of S-3-class, also referred to as a "Modified Government"-type, submarine of the United States Navy.