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{{short description|Submarine of the United States}}
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|Ship caption=USS ''S-26'' sometime between 1927 and 1930, probably at [[San Diego]], [[California]].
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|Ship country=United States
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|Ship name=USS ''S-26''
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|Ship builder=[[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]],&nbsp;[[Massachusetts]]
|Ship laid down=7 November 1919
|Ship launched=22 August 1922
|Ship sponsor=Mrs. Carlos Bean
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|Ship commissioned=15 October 1923
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|Ship fate=Sunk in collision 24 January 1942
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|Ship class=[[United States S class submarine|''S''-class]] [[submarine]]
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'''USS ''S-26'' (SS-131)''' was an [[United States S class submarine|''S''-class]] [[submarine]] of the [[United States Navy]].  She was lost in a collision with a friendly escort ship at night in late January 1942, when both vessels were operating without navigation lights to avoid detection by enemy forces.

==Construction and commissioning==
''S-26''′s [[keel]] was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] on 7 November 1919 by [[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation]]'s [[Fore River Shipyard]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]. She [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 22 August 1922, sponsored by Mrs. Carlos Bean, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 15 October 1923.

==Service history==
===1923–1942===
Operating from [[New London, Connecticut|New London]], [[Connecticut]], from 1923 to 1925, ''S-26'' visited [[Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands|St. Thomas]] in the [[United States Virgin Islands]] and [[Trinidad]] from January to April 1924 and [[Hawaii]] from 27 April to 30 May 1925. Cruising from [[California]] ports, mainly [[Mare Island]], [[San Diego]], and [[San Pedro, California|San Pedro]], ''S-26'' served in the [[Panama Canal]] area from March to May 1927, visited Hawaii again during the summers of 1927 to 1928, again served in the Panama Canal area in February 1929, and made visits to Hawaii during the summers of 1929 and 1930.

''S-26'' departed San Diego on 1 December 1930 and arrived at [[Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii, on 12 December 1930. She then served at Pearl Harbor until 15 October 1938, when she departed to return to New London. She arrived at on 25 March 1939 and entered a period in commission in reserve with a partial crew there on 15 April 1939. She resumed full duty on 1 July 1940. She then performed duty at New London and [[hydrogen]] tests at [[Washington, D.C.]]

After the [[United States]] entered [[World War II]] with the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] of 7 December 1941, ''S-26'' departed New London on 10 December 1941 and arrived at [[Coco Solo, Panama|Coco Solo]], [[Panama]] on 19 December 1941. She subsequently conducted her first war patrol in the waters of the [[Pacific Ocean]] off Panama, but did not encounter enemy forces.<ref name=nhhclossofs26>{{cite web |title=United States Submarine Losses World War II: S-26 (SS 131) |publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command |date=31 January 2017 |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/united-states-submarine-losses/s-26-ss-131.html |access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref>

===Loss===
On the night of 24 January 1942, ''S-26'' departed the harbor at [[Balboa, Panama|Balboa]], [[Panama]], to begin her second war patrol as part of a [[Division (naval)|division]] that also included the submarines {{USS|S-21|SS-126}}, {{USS|S-29|SS-134}}, and {{USS|S-44|SS-155}}, under escort by the [[submarine chaser]] ''PC-460'' (later renamed {{USS|Sturdy|PC-460}}).<ref name=nhhclossofs26/><ref name=USSubCasualties1966>{{cite web|title=Submarine Casualties Booklet |publisher=U.S. Naval Submarine School |year=1966 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/8200 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911042946/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/8200 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=11 September 2009 |access-date=2009-09-08}}</ref> All four submarines were on the surface, and all five vessels operated without navigation lights to reduce the chance of detection by enemy forces, with ''PC-460'' steaming {{convert|1,500|yd|sigfig=3}} ahead of the leading submarine, ''S-21''.<ref name=USSubCasualties1966/> After the vessels were at sea in the [[Gulf of Panama]], ''PC-460'' made a visual signal at 22:10 to the submarines that she intended to make a wide, 180-degree turn to [[Port and starboard|starboard]] to return to port and that they could proceed with their assigned duties.<ref name=nhhclossofs26/><ref name=USSubCasualties1966/> Only ''S-21'' received the message.<ref name=nhhclossofs26/><ref name=USSubCasualties1966/> ''PC-460'' then executed her turn, and shortly thereafter encountered ''S-26'', which was running {{convert|2,000|yd|sigfig=3}} behind ''S-21''.<ref name=nhhclossofs26/><ref name=USSubCasualties1966/> The two darkened vessels sighted each other at close range. ''PC-460'' put her engines full astern, but this caused them to fail.<ref name=nhhclossofs26/><ref name=USSubCasualties1966/> Both vessels took evasive action to avoid a collision, but too late, and ''PC-460'' rammed ''S-26'' amidships on her [[Port and starboard|starboard]] side at 22:23.<ref name=nhhclossofs26/><ref name=USSubCasualties1966/> The impact tore a large hole in ''S-26''′s side and caused her to roll, throwing three of the four men on her [[Bridge (nautical)|bridge]] overboard.<ref name=nhhclossofs26/><ref name=USSubCasualties1966/> ''S-26'' sank by the [[Bow (ship)|bow]] in less than a minute in {{convert|300|ft|0}} of water about {{convert|14|nmi}} west of [[San Jose Light]].<ref name=nhhclossofs26/><ref name=USSubCasualties1966/>

''S-26''′s only survivors were the three men – her [[commanding officer]], [[executive officer]], and a lookout – who went overboard from her bridge.<ref name=nhhclossofs26/><ref name=USSubCasualties1966/> The rest of her crew – three [[Commissioned officer|officers]] and 43 crew members, one of whom also had been on her bridge – were killed.<ref name=nhhclossofs26/><ref name=USSubCasualties1966/> Rescue operations began on the morning of 25 January 1942, with [[Underwater diving|divers]] making 25 dives to the wreck over the following days in the hope of finding men still alive in ''S-26''′s [[Hull (ship)|hull]], but they found no signs of life.<ref name=USSubCasualties1966/> ''S-26''′s wreck lies upright on the [[seabed]] and is a protected [[war grave]].<ref name=USSubCasualties1966/>

==See also==
*[[List of lost United States submarines]]

==References==
{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/s-26.html}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-s-26-131.htm On Eternal Patrol: USS ''S-26'']
*{{navsource|08/08131|S-26}}

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