S-14 SS-119

S-14 ( SS-119) was laid down on 7 December 1917 by Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, Conn.; launched on 22 October 1919, sponsored by Mrs. George T. Parker, and commissioned on 11 February 1921, Lt. Comdr. Charles A. Lockwood, Jr., in command.

Attached to SubDiv 18, S-14 sailed from New London on 31 May 1921 en route, via the Panama Canal California, Hawaii, and Guam, to Cavite, Luzon, in the Philippine Islands. She arrived at Cavite on 1 December and commenced operations with the Asiatic Fleet.

In 1922, she sailed from Cavite on 11 October, visited Hong Kong from the 14th to the 28th, and returned to Cavite on 1 November. Sailing from Manila on 15 May 1923, S-14 visited Shanghai, Chefoo, and Chinwangtao, before returning via Woosung and Amoy to Cavite on 11 September. In the summer of 1924, she again visited Chinese ports and returned on the 23d of September. She finally departed Cavite on 29 October, shifting operations to the U.S. west coast. She reached Mare Island, Calif., on 30 December.

S-14 was recommissioned on 10 December 1940. Following duty along the northeast coast and a visit to the Panama Canal Zone, she operated at St. Thomas, from 31 October to 1 December 1941, and in the Panama Canal area later that month. Next, S-14 operated at St. Thomas from January into March 1942, in the Panama Canal area from April 1942 into August 1943; and out of New London from September 1943 into March 1945, with operations at Casco Bay Maine.

S-14 departed New London on 27 April 1945 for Philadelphia, where she decommissioned on 18 May and was struck from the Navy list. She was sold on 16 November 1945 to North American Smelting Corp. Philadelphia, Pa., and scrapped.

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