USS S-29 (SS 134) was EB 73 C design
She was built by the Fore River Shipbuilding;
Her keel was laid 17 April, 1919;
She was launched 9 November, 1922;
Her Sponsor was Mrs. Ronan E. Grady;
She was commissioned 27 May, 1924;
Her first Skipper was LT James P. Conover Jr.;

History:
1 April, 1942 . . . USS S-29 was returned to New London for preparation for transfer to Great Britain.
5 June, 1942 . . . Decommissioned and transferred to Britain. Became HMS P.556, known as the ‘STATE EXPRESS’
April 1943 . . . Freddie Sherwood was the Royal Navy’s Skipper of HMS P.556 in April 1943.

January 1944 - SHARKHUNTERS Member LCDR ANTHONY STUART MELVILLE-ROSS (1930-+-1991) was her last Skipper. She was his first command. After a day’s diving exercises, he left the boat charging batteries alongside the jetty at Portsmouth, England for the shore Officer’s Mess. While he was ashore, a hydrogen explosion occurred due to a defective ventilation system. One man was killed and the boat judged damaged beyond reasonable repair. She was towed onto a mud bank at Port Chester and abandoned (see KTB #85, page 27).

Britain returned ownership of the boat to the US Navy but due to the unserviceable condition, the decision was made to leave her where she was.

Sometime in 1956, she was sold for scrap (see KTB #83 page 13)

September 1991 . .. RON KAWALSKI (1281-1991) reported that USS S-29 is still lying in the mud at Pounds Salvage Yard (KTB #84 page 13)

WAR PATROLS OF USS S-29 (SS 134)
WP#	DATE	Fm AREA	To AREA	DURATION
1	unkn	PA Canal	PA	17 days
2	unkn	PA Canal	PA	16 days
3	unkn	PA Canal	PA	19 days

USS S-29 was stricken in 1946 and sold to H. G. Pound on 24 January, 1947. C.O. for all three war patrols was E. T. Sands.