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U.S.S. S-16 Key West
 The submarine S-16 was built by Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport,
Connecticut. She was laid down on March 19, 1918, launched on
December 23, 1919, and commissioned on December 17, 1920. The S-16
was 231 feet long, had a 21 foot beam and a 13 foot draft. She was
attached to the Subdivision 18 and operated around California, the
Hawaiian and Philippine islands. The S-16 was decommissioned on May
22, 1935. She was re commissioned on December 2, 1940, and made
cruises to Bermuda, St. Thomas and the Panama Canal. She was once
again decommissioned on October 4, 1944, and was sunk by the Navy as
an experiment on April 3, 1945, off Key West.
 According to diver Gary Gentile, author of the book ADVANCED WRECK
DIVING GUIDE, who was one of the first divers to visit this wreck,
she has a 15 degree starboard list. Otherwise she has remained
upright and intact in 250 feet of water. Gary reports that the wreck
is beautifully encrusted with coral. The S-16 sits 20 miles
southwest of Key West, but because of her extreme depth, she is
rarely visited by divers.
Photo: The U.S.S. S-16
was 231 feet long, and had a 13 foot draft. Photo courtesy U.S.
Naval Historical Center.
Captain Billy Deans displays telegraphs he recovered from the S-16.
Photo by Mark Nease.
Basic shipwreck
information and images for this section of this site was taken with
permission from the book Florida Shipwrecks by Daniel Berg. You are
invited to submit your shipwreck related articles, images and
information. As long as the text, photographs, sketches etc are of
professional quality we will showcase them. Full credit will be
provided and a same page link to your web site can be arranged.
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The Divers Guide to Shipwrecks around the State of
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reefs throughout the state, shipwrecks inspire an aura of mystery and
fascination. Florida Shipwrecks is the most comprehensive, accurate,
illustrated collection of information, photographs, sketches and stories
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151 color photos, 83 black and white historical images, 8 dynamic u/w
sketches. Divers , snorkelers, marine historians, armchair sailors or anyone
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