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USS S-51 (SS-162)
 

 
 
 

On the night of 25 September 1925, S-51 was rammed and sunk off Block Island, N.Y., by the merchant steamer CITY OF ROME. Only three survivors of the 36 men on board the ill fated submarine were recovered.

S-51 was raised on 5 June 1926; struck from the Navy list on 27 January 1930; and sold for scrap on 23 June 1930 to the Borough Metal Company, Brooklyn, N.Y.

EN1 Paul Berk

GM Ralph E. Cassidy

RM1 W.L. Crawford

Lt Rodney H. Dobson

EN1 Allen C. Earle

Ens E.W. Egbert

COX Mender D. Elser

MMOM1 Rudy Firm

Ltjg F.D. Foster

EN1 John L Gibson

Ltjg Turner Ashby Glascock

Ltjg J.D. Haselden

TMC Valentine Hiltbolt

MMC Franklin P. James

EMC Walter E. Lawton

EN2 Brady Lindsay

Cook G.H. Martin

S1 J.J. McCarthy

F3 Oscar J. Milot

S1 Frank L. Mims

MMOM R.S. Noble

Ltjg Harlon M. Pino

RM1 J.M. Schofield

EM1 Frank A. Shea

MMOM1 J.J. Shehan

TM Augustus A. Smith

SM1 Herbert E. Snyder

S1 Fred. P. Teschemacher

F2 Charles C Thomas

TM3 Steven H. Treffitt

TM1 Robert H. Willis

TM3 Frank C. Wiseman

Survivors were:

EM2 Geier, Alfred.
EN1 Kile, Dewey G.
F1 Lira, Michael.