Date of Loss: 17 July, 1923
Returned to Service:
Yes
While in port at Anchorage, Alaska, the engine room of the S-38 was flooded when a valve cover below the waterline was removed by a crewmember who was performing routine maintenance.
S-38 had to be towed to Mare Island Naval Shipyard, in Vallejo, CA. Repairs required over eight months of work. S-38 finally returned to service in April, 1924.
No Men lost.
(U.S. Navy DANFS 6: 199)
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