page_title: USS S-51 (SS-162)
section_title: Salvage
hierarchical_section_title: USS S-51 (SS-162) / Salvage
caption_attribution_description: English: Bell of the S-51, taken at the Submarine Force Library and Museum, July 2013
context_page_description: USS S-51 (SS-162) was a fourth-group S-class submarine of the United States Navy.
  Her keel was laid down on 22 December 1919 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was launched on 20 August 1921 sponsored by Mrs. R.J. Mills, and commissioned on 24 June 1922 with Lieutenant Walter S. Haas in command.
context_section_description: S-51 was raised on 5 July 1926 by a team led by then-Lieutenant Commander (later Rear Admiral) Edward Ellsberg. The entire salvage operation was commanded by Captain (later Fleet Admiral) Ernest J. King. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 27 January 1930 and sold for scrap on 23 June to the Borough Metal Company of Brooklyn, New York. S-51's bell was removed and taken to the Submarine Force Library & Museum at Groton, Connecticut.
caption: Bell of the S-51, July 2013
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