| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | S-1 |
| Pennant | 131 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 7 Nov 1919 |
| Launched | 22 Aug 1922 |
| Commissioned | 15 Oct 1923 |
| Lost | 24 Jan 1942 |
| Loss position | 8° 13'N, 79° 21'W |
| History | Rammed in error by the American submarine chaser USS PC-460 at night in the Gulf of Panama in position 08º13'N, 79º21'W, S-26 (Lt.Cdr. Earle Clifford Hawke, USN) sank with the loss of 46 men there were 3 survivors. |
Commands listed for USS S-26 (131)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Willard Arthur Saunders, USN | Apr 1939 | May 1940 |
| 2 | Lt. Earle Clifford Hawk, USN | May 1940 | 24 Jan 1942 |
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