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NH 108396 S-16 (SS-121)

S-16 (SS-121)
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Title: S-16 (SS-121)
Caption: Mrs. Archibald McNeil, Jr. christened the S-16, largest submarine built in the U.S., with a cruising radius sufficient to go to Japan and back without refueling. At the Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 24 December 1919. S-16 was in commission from 1920 to 1945.
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Catalog #: NH 108396
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Western Newspaper Union
Original Date: Wed, Dec 24, 1919
After this Year: 1910
Before this Year: 1919
Original Medium: BW Photo
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