S-16 SS-121

S-16 (SS-121) was laid down on 19 March 1918 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, Conn.; launched on 23 December 1919; sponsored by Mrs. Archibald W. McNeil, and commissioned on 17 December 1920, Lt. Comdr. Andrew C. Bennett in command.

Departing from New London, Conn., on 31 May 1921, S-16 was attached to SubDiv 18 and proceeded via the Panama Canal, California, Hawaii, and Guam to the Philippine Islands. She arrived at Cavite, Luzon, on 1 December.

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-16 visited Shanghai, Chefoo, and Chinwangtao before returning, via Woosung and Amoy, to Cavite on 11 September. In the summer of 1924, she visited Shanghai, Tsingtao, Chefoo, and Chinwangtao, returning to Olongapo on 23 September. Departing Cavite on 3 November, she arrived at Mare Island, Calif., on 30 December.

S-16 was recommissioned on 2 December 1940. Following voyages to Bermuda and the Panama Canal Zone, she operated at St. Thomas from December 1941 through March 1942, in the Panama Canal area from April into August, and from New London during September and into June 1944, with operations at Casco Bay, Maine.

She was decommissioned on 4 October 1944 and struck from the Navy list. S-16 was intentionally destroyed by sinking on 3 April 1945, off Key West, Fla.

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