On 17 December 1927, USS S-4 (SS-109), having recently received extensive refitting at PNSY, was one of the Navy's most serviceable submarines, albeit an old one of WWI vintage. She had just completed her run of the measured mile prior to returning to the fleet and, having checked the surface for other vessels in her vicinity, her periscopes were housed as she planed up to be rammed by USCGC PAULDING, sending her back down to the oceans depths for the last time.
The boat was a pivot point in the story of submarine design. The first production model of a standard government design, she had a tragic accident which led to better cooperation in navigation by setting aside areas for submarine operations and requiring other ships not transit these places. The death of her crew and the painful inability of the Navy to be able to rescue them became the basis for an effort to make submarine escape and salvage a viable option.
William Callaway and his entire crew joined the Eternal Patrol. The legacy of their tragic deaths, however, served to make the duty of the today's submariners less dangerous.
The boat was a pivot point in the story of submarine design. The first production model of a standard government design, she had a tragic accident which led to better cooperation in navigation by setting aside areas for submarine operations and requiring other ships not transit these places. The death of her crew and the painful inability of the Navy to be able to rescue them became the basis for an effort to make submarine escape and salvage a viable option.
William Callaway and his entire crew joined the Eternal Patrol. The legacy of their tragic deaths, however, served to make the duty of the today's submariners less dangerous.
On 17 December 1927, USS S-4 (SS-109), having recently received extensive refitting at PNSY, was one of the Navy's most serviceable submarines, albeit an old one of WWI vintage. She had just completed her run of the measured mile prior to returning to the fleet and, having checked the surface for other vessels in her vicinity, her periscopes were housed as she planed up to be rammed by USCGC PAULDING, sending her back down to the oceans depths for the last time.
The boat was a pivot point in the story of submarine design. The first production model of a standard government design, she had a tragic accident which led to better cooperation in navigation by setting aside areas for submarine operations and requiring other ships not transit these places. The death of her crew and the painful inability of the Navy to be able to rescue them became the basis for an effort to make submarine escape and salvage a viable option.
William Callaway and his entire crew joined the Eternal Patrol. The legacy of their tragic deaths, however, served to make the duty of the today's submariners less dangerous.
The boat was a pivot point in the story of submarine design. The first production model of a standard government design, she had a tragic accident which led to better cooperation in navigation by setting aside areas for submarine operations and requiring other ships not transit these places. The death of her crew and the painful inability of the Navy to be able to rescue them became the basis for an effort to make submarine escape and salvage a viable option.
William Callaway and his entire crew joined the Eternal Patrol. The legacy of their tragic deaths, however, served to make the duty of the today's submariners less dangerous.
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