Allied Warships

S-34 (SS-139)

Submarine of the S-1 class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	S-1
Pennant	139
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Corp., (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	28 May 1918
Launched	13 Feb 1919
Commissioned	12 Jul 1922
End service	23 Oct 1945
History	Decommissioned 25 October 1922. Recommissioned 23 April 1923. Decommissioned 23 October 1945. Stricken in November 1945. Sold in 1946 to be broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS S-34 (139)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Jack Hayden Lewis, USN	Feb 1939	May 1940
2	Lt. Warner Ryerson Edsall, USN	May 1940	Apr 1941
3	Lt. Thomas Lincoln Wogan, USN	Apr 1941	Jul 1942
4	Lt. Robert Allen Keating, Jr., USN	Jul 1942	Aug 1943
5	Thomas C. Williamson, USN	Aug 1943	Sep 1943
6	T/Lt. Roger Warde Paine, Jr., USN	Sep 1943	Aug 1944
7	Philip F. Pierce, USNR	Aug 1944	mid 1945
8	William C. Dozier, Jr., USN	mid 1945	23 Oct 1945

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Notable events involving S-34 include:

12 Apr 1942
USS S-34 (Lt. T.L. Wogan) departed from Dutch Harbour, Alaska for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol of the Kurils.

14 Apr 1942
USS S-34 (Lt. T.L. Wogan) returns to Dutch Harbour to land a wounded crewmember. She resumes her patrol the same day.

10 May 1942
USS S-34 (Lt. T.L. Wogan) ended her 1st war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

28 May 1942
USS S-34 (Lt. T.L. Wogan) ended departed from Dutch Harbour for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Attu.

26 Jun 1942
USS S-34 (Lt. T.L. Wogan) ended her 2nd war patrol at Dutch Harbour. She is now sent to the Puget Sound Navy Yard for an overhaul.

13 Sep 1942
With her overhaul completed USS S-34 (Lt. R.A. Keating) arrived back at Dutch Harbour.

14 Sep 1942
USS S-34 (Lt. R.A. Keating) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the western Aleutians.

8 Oct 1942
USS S-34 (Lt. R.A. Keating) ended her 3rd war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

23 Oct 1942
USS S-34 (Lt. R.A. Keating) departed from Dutch harbour for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the western Aleutians.

21 Nov 1942
USS S-34 (Lt. R.A. Keating) ended her 4th war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

5 Dec 1942
USS S-34 (Lt. R.A. Keating) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 5th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol the Japanese shipping lanes between the Kurils and western Aleutians.

25 Dec 1942
USS S-34 (Lt. R.A. Keating) ended her 5th war patrol at Dutch Harbour. In early January 1943 she departed from for San Diego, California for an overhaul.

18 Jan 1943
USS S-34 (Lt. R.A. Keating) arrived at San Diego.

10 May 1943
USS S-34 (Lt. R.A. Keating) arrived back at Dutch Harbour.

13 May 1943
USS S-34 (Lt. R.A. Keating) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 6th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Kurils.

10 Jun 1943
USS S-34 (Lt. R.A. Keating) ended her 6th war patrol at Dutch Harbour.

21 Jun 1943
USS S-34 (Lt. R.A. Keating) departed from Dutch Harbour for her 7th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Kurils.

30 Jul 1943
USS S-34 (Lt. R.A. Keating) ended her 7th, and last, war patrol at Dutch Harbour. She is now assigned to training duties at San Diego.