and USS S-17 (SS-122) — built by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company to see service in World War II.

S-48's keel was laid down on 22 October 1920 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

On 7 December 1921, the still-uncommissioned submarine conducted a dive off Penfield Reef in Long Island Sound as part of builder's trials.

[1] The crew, contractor's personnel, and naval observers brought the bow to the surface and escaped through a torpedo tube to a tug which took them to New York City.

Two weeks later, she was towed to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine for further yard work and in late January 1923 she returned to New London to commence operations with Submarine Division 4 (SubDiv 4).

Then in early June she moved south for sound exercises and a visit to Washington, DC.

In August she proceeded back to Portsmouth for the installation of new crankshafts and a general ship and machinery overhaul.

In mid-January 1924, S-48 departed Portsmouth for New London and continued south to the Caribbean Sea for winter maneuvers.

In early August 1924 she resumed operations in the New London area, and in November 1924, after being transferred to SubDiv 2, she visited Annapolis, Maryland.

After receiving treatment for exposure and gas at Fort Stark, the crew members were transferred to the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine.

After operations off southern Florida she returned to New London in March 1929 and, in April 1929 commenced a series of test exercises.

Meinesz, joined by Dr. Harry Hammond Hess of Princeton University, and a U.S. Navy technician, participated in the expedition.

Overhaul and repairs during that time were frequent and in the summer of 1945, the World War I-design submarine was finally designated for disposal.

On 17 September 1945, her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register, and on 22 January 1946 her hulk was sold to the North American Smelting Company in Philadelphia for scrapping.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.