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{{short description|Submarine of the United States}}

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|Ship caption=USS ''S-25'' in 1923 or 1924, possibly off [[New London, Connecticut|New London]], [[Connecticut]].
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|Ship country=United States
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|Ship name= USS ''S-25''
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|Ship builder= [[Fore River Shipyard]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]],&nbsp;[[Massachusetts]]
|Ship laid down= 26 October 1918
|Ship launched= 29 May 1922
|Ship sponsor=Mrs. Vera Hobart Schlabach
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|Ship commissioned= 9 July 1923
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|Ship name= HMS ''P.551''
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|Ship country=Poland
|Ship flag= [[File:Naval Ensign of Poland.svg|100x35px|Polish Navy Ensign]]
|Ship name= [[ORP Jastrząb|ORP ''Jastrząb'']]
|Ship namesake=[[Hawk]]
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|Ship class= [[United States S class submarine|S-class]] [[submarine]]
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|Ship length= {{convert|219|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship complement=42 officers and men
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'''USS ''S-25'' (SS-130)''' was a first-group (''S-1'' or "Holland") [[United States S class submarine|S-class submarine]] of the [[United States Navy]].

==Construction and commissioning==
''S-25'' was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] on 26 October 1918 by the [[Fore River Shipbuilding]] Corporation in [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]].  She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 29 May 1922. sponsored by Mrs. Vera Hobart Schlabach, wife of  Ross P. Schlabach, [[United States Navy|USN]], and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 9 July 1923.

==Service history==
===U.S. Navy===
Operating [[New London, Connecticut|New London]], [[Connecticut]], in 1923, ''S-25'' participated in winter maneuvers in the [[Caribbean Sea]] and the [[Panama Canal Zone]] area from January to April 1924. Then transferred to the [[United States West Coast]], she operated primarily in the waters off [[Southern California]] until 1931. [[Fleet Problem]]s and [[Division (naval)|division]] exercises during that period took her back to the  [[Panama Canal]] area from March to May 1927, to [[Hawaii]] in 1927 and 1928, to the Panama Canal area again in February 1929, and to [[Hawaii]] again  in 1930.

Transferred again, ''S-25'' departed [[San Diego]], [[California]], on 15 April 1931 and arrived at [[Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii, on 25 April 1931. She operated in [[Hawaiian Islands|Hawaiian waters]] until 1939.

''S-25'' cleared Pearl Harbor to return to the [[United States East Coast]] on 16 June 1939 and arrived at New London on 25 August 1939. Voyage repairs followed, and in February 1940 she was assigned to a test and evaluation division at New London. In December 1940 she was detached and ordered to [[Key West, Florida|Key West]], [[Florida]], where she provided training services until May 1941. She then returned to New London to prepare for transfer to the [[United Kingdom]] under the terms of the [[Lend-Lease]] agreement. She was decommissioned on 4 November 1941.

===Royal Navy===
On the day of her decommissioning, ''S-25'' was transferred to the United Kingdom, which renamed her HMS ''P.551''. Later the same day, however, the [[Royal Navy]] loaned her to the [[Polish Navy]].

===Polish Navy===
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Polish Navy [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Bolesław Romanowski]] accepted ''P.551'' on behalf of the [[Polish government-in-exile]]. The Polish Navy commissioned her immediately as [[ORP Jastrząb|ORP ''Jastrząb'']] for [[World War II]] service.

While traveling in an [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[convoy]] near [[Norway]], ''Jastrzab'' strayed some {{convert|100|nmi}} off her proper course{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}, and on 2 May 1942 was mistakenly sunk by [[friendly fire]] by the British  [[destroyer]] {{HMS|St Albans|I15|6}} (ex-{{USS|Thomas|DD-182}}) and [[minesweeper]] {{HMS|Seagull|J85|6}}.

== References ==
{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/s-25.html}}

{{United States S class submarine|others}}
{{May 1942 shipwrecks}}

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[[Category:United States S-class submarines]]
[[Category:Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:1922 ships]]
[[Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Navy]]
[[Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Polish Navy]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in May 1942]]
[[Category:Friendly fire incidents of World War II]]


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