page_title: USS S-27 (SS-132)
hierarchical_section_title: USS S-27 (SS-132)
caption_attribution_description: English: USS S-27 (SS-132). At night June 19, 1942, the submarine surfaced to recharge the batteries, but drifted in heavy fog and grounded on rocks off Saint Makarius Point on Amchitka Island. The entire crew escaped, the ship was a loss.
context_page_description: USS S–27 was a S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her construction was authorized in March 1917, and her keel was laid down on 11 April 1919 by the Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 18 October 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Frank Baldwin, and commissioned at Groton, Connecticut, on 22 January 1924, Lieutenant Theodore Waldschmidt in command.
context_section_description: USS S–27 (SS–132) was a S-class submarine of the United States Navy. Her construction was authorized in March 1917, and her keel was laid down on 11 April 1919 by the Fore River Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 18 October 1922 sponsored by Mrs. Frank Baldwin, and commissioned at Groton, Connecticut, on 22 January 1924, Lieutenant Theodore Waldschmidt in command.
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